Apodops

Apodops is an extinct genus of early caecilians from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. The type species of the genus is A. pricei.[1]

Apodops
Temporal range: Early Eocene
(Itaboraian)
~53–50 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Clade: Apoda
Family: Caeciliidae
Genus: Apodops
Estes & Wake 1972
Type species
Apodops pricei
Estes & Wake 1972

References

Further reading

  • 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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