#temnospondyli

[emaadsidiki]

Hall of Vertebrate Origins ∼ AMNH ∼ NYC

Early Vertebrate Fossils | American Museum of Natural History

Trace the journey of animals with backbones from water to land and see ancient sharks, pterosaurs, and more.

[markscherz]

wait, frogs have FOUR fingers?? not FIVE?????????

Correct. Frogs and caudates (newts and salamanders). Ancestrally. It looks like the fifth digit was lost among at least one lineage of fairly early temnospondyls, which later gave rise to neobatrachia. But honestly the fossil record is a bit hard to interpret in this regard, and I’m dissatisfied with the work I’ve seen so far.

[252mya]

'Kool'asuchus Unisex T-Shirt

This 90s-inspired 'kool'-asuchus tee pays homage to one of the largest amphibians that ever lived, and is the perfect centerpiece of any throwback wardrobe.

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Art by @soft-biology

[lil-tachyon]

I have a prompt for you: labyrinth of the labyrinthodont.

Some kind of temnospondylic crocodile-analogue

[raingerr]

yeow its gerrothorax ! there are five color variants of this guy just like the regular axolotl. the babies also get external gills and a more fin-like tail. flattest creature ever

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

From this extinct order of tetrapods "often considered primitive amphibians"

I went down a wiki hole so you get to also!

Temnospondyli - Wikipedia

I picked this one :)

Cyclotosaurus

[roygattero]

Ischigualasto series, alternate takes:

Pelorocephalus, color pencil, 2023

[velozee]

Midnight sketch: Chemnitzion richteri

A newly described temnospondyl from the town where I was born and raised.

Just some guy chilling in some puddle in the shadows of cordaites plants, not aware of the volcanic eruption that will end his life and enclose him and parts of his surroundings in tuff. Paper by Ralf Werneburg, Florian Witzmann, Joerg W. Schneider and Ronny Rößler