Fossil Salamander

[ekocak]

I got this Permian temnospondyl this weekend. Strictly speaking it's not a salamander per se, but I believe it's a branchiasaur, which had external gills, a basic caudate body plan and lived about 250 to 300 million years ago.

 

[tipnatee]

Oh wow!! How big is it?

 

[ekocak]

Oh wow!! How big is it?

About 4 inches long.

 

[ekocak]

Update: I acquired a new Permian specimen this weekend. This one is a larval Sclerocephalus, a contemporary and predator of Branchiasaurus.

I put them into an album for easy viewing:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/members/ekocak-albums-fossil-amphibians.html