Re: Ancient tetrapod predator

On 7/4/24 1:44 PM, Ernest Major wrote:

On 03/07/2024 23:04, RonO wrote:

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/fossils-show-huge-salamanderlike-predator-sharp-fangs-existed-111645297
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The giant salamander with fangs may have lived 280 million years ago, and they claim that Namibia was in a much colder region of the world at that time (they claim glacial region).

 According to what I've read elsewhere, this is a stem tetrapod (and therefore not a salamander).

Yes. You can follow the link Ron provided to the Nature article, which contains a comprehensive phylogenetic tree.

Click on the link in the fourth paragraph and you can get a copy of the Nature article to read, otherwise the article is pay walled.