Kermit the Frog meet Kermitops gratus, the most recent ancient amphibian to be identified after examination of a tiny ...

These changes separate the reptiles from the amphibians. #1, the evolution of stronger, more effective jaw mechanisms, is the subject of this lecture and one topic in last week’s lab. The other ...

The skull possesses a mishmash of traits that were different from features seen in the skulls of older tetrapods, the ancient ancestors of amphibians and other living four-legged vertebrates.

Kermitops is notable for more than just its namesake puppet persona. The early fossil record of amphibians and their ancestors is largely fragmentary, which makes it difficult to understand how ...

It belongs to a lineage believed to have given rise to the three living branches of amphibians – frogs, salamanders and limbless caecilians. While only the skull – measuring around 1.2 inches ...