The Relationships of the Modern Amphibia: A Re-Examination
- 1 March 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Quarterly Review of Biology
- Vol. 38 (1), 26-53
- https://doi.org/10.1086/403748
Abstract
Evidence is presented supporting the viewpoint that all the modern Amphibia are clearly related. It is suggested that the three living orders constitute a natural monophyletic group[long dash]the infra-class Lissamphibia sensu Gadow. Other theories are briefly reviewed. Finally an attempt is made to determine the Paleozoic ancestors of the recent amphibians, but the available evidence is contradictory and inconclusive.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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