Chapter 9: Tetrapods and Amniotes

Review Questions for Chapter 9

Late Paleozoic Amphibians

• An Early Truly Terrestrial Tetrapod, Discosauriscus, a Member of Seymouriamorpha
• Tree of Life Website Guide to the Living Amphibians (Lissamphibia)
• An Overview of Lissamphibians
• Image of a Fossil Lepospondyl Labyrinthodonts (Relatives of Modern Salamanders)
• Introduction to Salamanders
• Tiger Salamanders
• Frogs
• Fun Tropical Frog Facts
• Frog Calls
• The Whole Frog Project

The First Reptiles

• University of Michigan's Overview of Reptiles
• EMBL Living Reptile Database
• Phylogeny of Terrestrial Vertebrates
  (Technically Grouped as Stegocephalia, i.e., Tetrapoda plus Other Basal Lineages including Ichthyostega, etc.)
• A History of Paleozoic Forests
• East Kirkton (Scotland) Fossil Tetrapod

The Amniotic Egg

• Tree of Life Website Guide to the Amniotes
• The Amniote Egg and other Amniote Characteristics
• Comparison of Skull Characteristics of Major Amniote Groups
• Phylogeny and Classification of Amniotes

Carboniferous Land Ecology

• Christopher Scotese's Cool Maps of the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) (356 Ma) and Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) (306 Ma)
• Yale's Peabody Museum Panorama from the Carboniferous and Devonian
• Excellent Background Details from the Carboniferous and Devonian Panorama
• Fossil Plants of the Coal-rich Swamps of the Carboniferous Period or More Fossil Carboniferous Fossils Here
• Carboniferous Plants of Illinois' Mason Creek
• Scottish Carboniferous Forest
• Description of Meganeura monyi, Fossil Dragonfly from Carboniferous
  (See These Reconstructions: 1 - 2 and Image of Fossil Here or Images from More Recent Jurassic Dragonfly Fossils: 1 - 2 - 3)
• Lots of Images of Living Dragonflies Here or Here
• Fossil Carboniferous Insects from Kansas
• How Insects Fossilize

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