Amphibamus

Amphibamus is a genus of amphibamid temnospondyl amphibians from the Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) of North America.^[1][2][3] This animal is considered to have been close to the ancestry of modern amphibians. Its length was about 20 centimetres (7.9 in).^[4]

Amphibamus Temporal range: late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Amphibamus grandiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Family:	†Amphibamidae
Genus:	†Amphibamus Cope, 1865
Species:	†A. grandiceps
Binomial name
†Amphibamus grandiceps Cope, 1865

The generic name Amphibamus alludes to the two modes of locomotion of the animal, swimming with its oar-shaped tail, and crawling because of its long fingers with claws,^[5] from Greek ἀμφί (amphí) "both" and -βάμων (-bámōn) "that goes" or βᾶμα (bâma) "leg".

Gallery

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  Amphibamus grandiceps skeleton
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  Amphibamus grandiceps fossil