It belongs to a lineage believed to have given rise to the three living branches of amphibians – frogs, salamanders and limbless caecilians. While only the skull – measuring around 1.2 inches ...

The early fossil record of amphibians and their ancestors is largely fragmentary, which makes it difficult to understand how frogs, salamanders and their kin originated. Adding relatives like ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient amphibian ancestor that lived 270 million years ago and named it in honour of the iconic Muppet character Kermit the Frog ... a fossilised skull part of ...

Note: Fossil skull of Kermitops; USNM PAL 407585, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Note: Kermit the Frog puppet; 1994.0037.01, Gift of Jim Henson Productions. From the ...