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

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 ...

3. Dermal skull roof or dermatocranium A shield of membrane or dermal bone covering the top and sides of the head and extending down to the jaw rims, with a marginal row of teeth. In amphibians & stem ...

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 ...

3. Dermal skull roof or dermatocranium A shield of membrane or dermal bone covering the top and sides of the head and extending down to the jaw rims, with a marginal row of teeth. In amphibians & stem ...