Moontanman Posted March 16, 2010 Report Posted March 16, 2010 Fossil of Early Terrestrial Amphibian Discovered ScienceDaily (Mar. 15, 2010) — A team of researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has described a new genus and species of carnivorous amphibian from western Pennsylvania. The fossil skull, found in 2004 near Pittsburgh International Airport, was recovered from rocks deposited approximately 300 million years ago during the Late Pennsylvanian Period. Named Fedexia striegeli, it is one of only a very few relatively large amphibian fossils to display evidence of a predominantly terrestrial (land-based) life history so early in geologic time. Fossil of early terrestrial amphibian discovered Quote
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