Rare fossils of enigmatic amphibian. (caecilians)

Science News | October 27, 1990| | Copyright

Rare fossils of enigmatic amphibian

What limbless land vertebrate has a name that sounds like the inhabitants of an Italian island?

Don't despair if the word caecilian fails to come to mind. Even biologists know relatively little about these blind, burrowing amphibians, most of which spend their lives underground and are easily mistaken for worms. Paleonthologists have an even sketchier understanding of the creature's evolution, because the entire fossil record of ancient caecilians has long consisted of only two small vertebrae.

Researchers now ...

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