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The First Fossil Record of Caecilian Amphibians

Nature volume 239, pages 228–231 (1972)Cite this article

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THREE groups of amphibians are living today—frogs, salamanders and caecilians. The fossil record of frogs and salamanders is relatively poor1,2, but representatives of most groups have been discovered. For the caecilians, however, no authentic fossils have been recognized, until now. We describe here a single diagnostic vertebra from the Palaeocene of Brazil.

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  1. Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

    RICHARD ESTES

  2. Department of Instruction in Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720

    MARVALEE H. WAKE

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ESTES, R., WAKE, M. The First Fossil Record of Caecilian Amphibians. Nature 239, 228–231 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239228b0

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