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Amphibians through time

From an Early Carboniferous temnospondyl through Late Carboniferous lepospondyls to a Jurassic salamander and Cretaceous and Miocene frogs.
Balanerpeton woodi, 11 cm long, Lower Carboniferous (Visean, Brigantian), East Kirkton Quarry, Bathgate, Scotland. Balanerpeton skull, 3 cm long Ptyonius marshi, 75 mm long, Upper Carboniferous, Linton, Ohio, USA. Ptyonius skull and front of body
Ptyonius tail Mazon Creek snake-like Phlegethontia longissima amphibian with soft body preservation Trimerorhachis insignis, 12 cm skull, Lower Permian, Hennessy Formation, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA. Trimerorhachis insignis, 12 cm skull, Lower Permian, Hennessy Formation, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA.
Jeholotriton paradoxus, complete salamander with soft body preservation. Jiulongshan Formation (Bathonian), Inner Mongolia an Early Cretaceous frog, about 5 cm long, from the Jehol Biota of NE China. Jehol Frog detail 5 cm tadpole with rear limbs developed and soft body impression preserved, Miocene, Shandong, China