Apodops

Extinct genus of amphibians

Apodops
Temporal range: Early Eocene
(Itaboraian)
~53–50 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Caeciliidae
Genus: †Apodops
Estes & Wake 1972
Type species
Apodops pricei
Estes & Wake 1972

Apodops is an extinct genus of early caecilians from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.[1] The type species of the genus is A. pricei, described based on an isolated and broken trunk vertebra.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ ESTES, RICHARD; WAKE, MARVALEE H. (September 1972). "The First Fossil Record of Caecilian Amphibians". Nature. 239 (5369): 228–231. doi:10.1038/239228b0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  2. ^ Apodops at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Santos, Rodolfo Otávio; Laurin, Michel; Zaher, Hussam (2020-11-03). "A review of the fossil record of caecilians (Lissamphibia: Gymnophionomorpha) with comments on its use to calibrate molecular timetrees". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131 (4): 737–755. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa148. ISSN 0024-4066.

Further reading

  • Barcelos, L.A., Santos, R.O. The Lissamphibian Fossil Record of South America. Palaeobio Palaeoenv (2022).
  • R. Estes and M. H. Wake. 1972. The first fossil record of caecilian amphibians. Nature 239:228-231
  • Biology of Amphibians by William E. Duellman and Linda Trueb
  • The Big Book Of Dinosaurs by David Norman
  • Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts by Robert Hofrichter
  • Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff
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