Apodops

Apodops
Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene
~58.7–48.6 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Caeciliidae
Genus: Apodops
Estes and Wake 1972
Species
  • A. pricei Estes and Wake 1972 (type)

Apodops is an extinct genus of early caecilians from the Late Paleocene of Brazil. The type species of the amphibian genus is A. pricei.[1]

References

Further reading

  • 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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