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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Acheloma, Aistopoda, Altenglanerpeton, Amphibamidae, Anakamacops, Archegosaurus, Brachydectes, Branchiosaurus, Cacops, Cardiocephalus, Cheliderpeton, Diplocaulus, Diploceraspis, Ductilodon, Edopoidea, Edops, Eryops, Georgenthalia, Gerobatrachus, Gymnarthridae, Hapsidopareiontidae, Koinia, Lethiscus, Lysorophus, Microsauria, Nannaroter, Nigerpeton, Ostodolepidae, Pantylus, Parioxys, Pasawioops, Peltobatrachus, Peronedon, Perryella, Phlegethontia, Phlegethontiidae, Phlegethontioidea, Platyhystrix, Platyoposaurus, Plemmyradytes, Prionosuchus, Ptyonius, Rhinesuchus, Rhynchonkos, Rotaryus, Rubeostratilia, Saharastega, Saxonerpeton, Tambachia, Tambaroter, Trucheosaurus, Tuditanomorpha, Uralosuchus, Uruyiella, Zygosaurus. Excerpt: Microsauria ("small lizards") is an extinct order of lepospondyl amphibians from the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods. It is the most diverse and species-rich group of lepospondyls. Recently, Microsauria has been considered paraphyletic, as several other non-microsaur lepospondyl groups such as Lysorophia seem to be nested in it. Microsauria is now commonly used as a collective term for the grade of lepospondyls that were originally classified as members of Microsauria. MicrobrachisThe microsaurs all had short tails and small legs, but were otherwise quite varied in form. The group included lizard-like animals that were relatively well-adapted to living on dry land, burrowing forms, and others that, like the modern axolotl, retained their gills into adult life, and so presumably never left the water. They are possible ancestors of the newts and salamanders, if that group did not arise from the temnospondyls along with the frogs and toads. Microsaurs are known from Europe and North America.Microsaur remains have been found from Europe and North America in Late Carboniferous and Early...
