Eocaecilia

Eocaecilia; Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	3D scan of the holotype skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Genus:	†Eocaecilia; Jenkins & Walsh, 1993
Species:	†E. micropodia
Binomial name
	†Eocaecilia micropodia; Jenkins & Walsh, 1993

Eocaecilia is an

gymnophionan amphibian from the early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona

, United States. One species is described, Eocaecilia micropodia.

Eocaecilia shared some characteristics with

temnospondyl^[4]^[5]

amphibians of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic.

References

^ Jenkins, F.A. & Walsh, D.M. (1993) An Early Jurassic caecilian with limbs. Nature 365: 246-250.
doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.728998

doi:10.1038/nature06865

^ Jenkins, F.A. et al. (2007) Anatomy of Eocaecilia micropodia, A Limbed Caecilian of the Early Jurassic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 158(6):285-365.

^ Maddin H.C., Jenkins F.A. Jr. & Anderson J.S. (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians. PLoS ONE 7(12):e50743.

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External links

Eocaecilia at Palaeos.com.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eocaecilia&oldid=1212435471"

[1] Jenkins, F.A. & Walsh, D.M. (1993) An Early Jurassic caecilian with limbs. Nature 365: 246-250.

[2] doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.728998

[3] doi:10.1038/nature06865

[4] Jenkins, F.A. et al. (2007) Anatomy of Eocaecilia micropodia, A Limbed Caecilian of the Early Jurassic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 158(6):285-365.

[5] Maddin H.C., Jenkins F.A. Jr. & Anderson J.S. (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians. PLoS ONE 7(12):e50743.

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