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Eocaecilia
Fossil range: Late Triassic - Early Jurassic

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Gymnophiona
Genus:	Eocaecilia
Species:	E. The Late Triassic (also known as Upper Triassic, or Keuper) is the third and final of three epochs of the Triassic period. For general context see Jurassic. The Early Jurassic (in geology referred to as the Lower Jurassic, originally (and still in Europe the Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and Apoda redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Apoda (moth. For the bishop of Carthage see Caecilianus. micropodia

Binomial name

Eocaecilia micropodia

Eocaecilia micropodia is an extinct species of caecilian (limbless amphibian). Apoda redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Apoda (moth. For the bishop of Carthage see Caecilianus. It shared some characteristics with salamanders and the now extinct Microsauria. Salamander (orig from Persian: sām, "fire" and andarūn, "within" is the common name for a group of approximately 500 Species Microsauria is an extinct Order of lepospondyl Amphibians from the Carboniferous period and survived into early Permian. Unlike modern caecilians, Eocaecilia possessed legs. And while modern caecilians have poorly developed eyes and spend a lot of time under ground, Eocaecilia's eyes were still well-developed, indicating it was not subterranean. Eyes are organs that detect Light, and send signals along the Optic nerve to the visual areas of the brain

References

Jenkins, FA & DM Walsh (1993), An Early Jurassic caecilian with limbs. Nature 365: 246-250.

External links

Eocaecilia at Palaeos.com.

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