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]
| Apodops | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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References
edit- ^ ESTES, RICHARD; WAKE, MARVALEE H. (September 1972). "The First Fossil Record of Caecilian Amphibians". Nature. 239 (5369): 228–231. Bibcode:1972Natur.239..228E. doi:10.1038/239228b0. ISSN 0028-0836.
- ^ Apodops at Fossilworks.org
- ^ 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
edit- 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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