Triadobatrachus (`triple-frog`) is an extinct genus of frog-like amphibian, including only one known species, Triadobatrachus massinoti. It is the oldest frog known to science, and an excellent example of a transitional fossil. It lived during the Early Triassic about 250 million years ago, in what is now Madagascar. Triadobatrachus was {convert.....
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(from the article `amphibian`) The superorder Salienta consists of the frogs and toads (order Anura) and the primitive froglike Triadobatrachus. Fused centres of ossification of ...
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Triadobatrachus massinoti is the earliest-known salientian, a proto-frog. Morphologically, it is between a salamander and a frog. This 4 inch (10 cm) long amphibian lived during the early Triassic period , about 250 million years ago. A single fossils was found in Madagascar. Triadobatrachus had long jumping hind legs and a well-developed eardrum. ...
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