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446 / Paleozoic
Amphibamus
Amphibamus grandiceps
A small light body combined traits near the ancestry of modern amphibians.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 307 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Coal-swamp ponds and woodland · North America
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Amphibamus?
Amphibamus (Amphibamus grandiceps) was an extinct organism known from About 307 million years ago, with a range in Coal-swamp ponds and woodland · North America.
Life and ecology
It caught tiny arthropods on land while larvae developed in ponds.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Amphibamus disappear?
Coal-forest fragmentation and amphibian turnover are possible context; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Amphibamus?
Mazon Creek skeletons preserve skulls, limbs and developmental stages.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS