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Introduction to Amphibia

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Origin and Evolution of the Class <strong>Amphibia</strong><br />

♦Devonian – Age of Fish and<br />

<strong>Amphibia</strong>ns<br />

♦Very warm and wet climate; many<br />

shallow, warm, freshwater “seas”<br />

♦Swamps prevailed throughout the<br />

Devonian and in<strong>to</strong> the Triassic<br />

♦Plants dominated by Scale trees<br />

and Horsetails. The First<br />

gymnosperms appeared<br />

Ichthyostega, a small, early amphibian (3ft / 1m) from Greenland

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