In Depth Seminobatrachus was a genus of Salamander that lived in the Ukraine at the end of the Paleocene/early Eocene. Further Reading – A new salamander from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of Ukraine – Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):135-148 – Pavel P. Skutschas & Yuri M. Gubin – 2012.
In Depth Rotaryus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian that lived in Germany during the Permian. Further Reading – Rotaryus gothae, a New Trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Lower Permian of Central Germany. - Annals of Carnegie Museum 80(1):49-65. - D. S. Berman, A. C. Henrici, T. Martens, S. S. Sumida & J. S. Anderson … Read more
In Depth Initially found in 1947 in an expedition by Swedish and Danish palaeontologists, the partial skull and lower jaws did not get named as their own genus until 2012. Ymeria has been speculated to have been similar to the much more famous Ichthyostega, though with noticeably smaller teeth that are also not as curved … Read more
In Depth Megalophthalma is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian that lived in Germany during the mid Triassic. Further Reading - Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new Middle Triassic plagiosaurid temnospondyl from Germany, and the evolution of plagiosaurid eyes. - Palaeontology. - R. R. Schoch, A. R. Milner & F. Witzmann - 2014.
In Depth Nezpercius is a genus of prehistoric frog that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Further Reading - A new fossil frog from the Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):190-194. - R. W. Blob, M. T. Carrano, R. R. Rogers, C. A. Forster & N. … Read more
In Depth Calmasuchus is genus of temnospondyl amphibian that lived in Spain during the Triassic. Further Reading - A new capitosaur from the Middle Triassic of Spain and the relationships within the Capitosauria. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56:553-566. - J. Fortuny, A. Galobart & C. De Santisteban - 2011.
In Depth Platyoposaurus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian that looked a lot like a crocodile with a long snout. Like other temnospondyls, Platyoposaurus would have been a predator, primarily of aquatic organisms such as fish and other amphibians. There has been speculation that the possibly gigantic Prionosuchus from South America could be synonymous with … Read more
In Depth Though only known from partial hip and limb bones, Hungarobatrachus has still been identified as a possible ranoid frog that lived in Europe during the Late Cretaceous. Further Reading - An advanced anuran from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary. - Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und Pal�ontologie - Abhandlungen 256(3):291-302. - Z. Szentesi … Read more
In Depth Celtedens is a genus of small albanerpetontid amphibian that lived in Europe during the early Cretaceous. Though the full known age range of the genus extends from the Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic to the Albian of the Cretaceous, most fossils are known from early Cretaceous rocks of the Berriasian and Barremian stages. Further … Read more
In Depth Prionosuchus was a temnospondyl amphibian that lived in South America during the Permian, and one that was surprisingly crocodile-like in appearance with a snout similar to that of a gharial crocodile. Most specimens of Prionosuchus are fairly small at only about two and a half meters in length, but one exceptionally large skull … Read more