Eocaecilia

Taxobox
name = "Eocaecilia"
fossil_range = Late Triassic - Early Jurassic

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Gymnophiona
genus = "Eocaecilia"
species = "E. micropodia"
binomial = "Eocaecilia micropodia"

"Eocaecilia micropodia" is an extinct species of caecilian (limbless amphibian). It shared some characteristics with salamanders and the now extinct "Microsauria". 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.

References

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

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/Unit180/180.100.html#Eocaecilia "Eocaecilia" at Palaeos.com.]