“One fossil immediately jumped out at me—this really well-preserved, mostly prepared skull ... early amphibian ancestors who lived from the Carboniferous to the Triassic for more than ...

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 ...

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.

The researchers identified the fossil as a temnospondyl, a diverse group of primitive amphibian relatives ... to the Triassic periods. But because the animal's skull sported such unique features ...

There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period, but there was a Kermit – or at least a forerunner of modern amphibians ... skull behind the eyes, which differs from the other fossil ...

Amniotes began to radiate in the Carboniferous into many niches previously held by amphibians, plus new niches ... by the two fenestrae or openings in the temporal region of the skull, although the ...

In the study, published today in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians' success ... all around them through the Triassic. Broader examination of Triassic ...

"The ecology and geography of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian—Triassic mass extinction" published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians ...