Funcusvermis gilmorei is represented by isolated elements from at least seventy-six individuals and was recovered as a stem gymnophionomorph outside crown Gymnophiona.
claim:taxon:funcusvermis:taxonomyFuncusvermis gilmorei
A Norian stem gymnophionomorph represented by isolated three-dimensional bones from at least seventy-six individuals in one dated bonebed.
Represented range223.036–218.043 Ma
Content packageamphibia
PBDBtxn:471966
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
The represented Funcusvermis sample comes from the Thunderstorm Ridge bonebed in the upper Blue Mesa Member of Arizona; one bonebed does not establish global distribution.
claim:taxon:funcusvermis:biogeographyThe disarticulated bones permit limited functional inference but do not directly establish diet, burrowing behaviour, locomotor performance or habitat preference.
claim:taxon:funcusvermis:ecologyThree-dimensional jaws, vertebrae and femora preserve a character combination used to place Funcusvermis on the caecilian total-group stem.
claim:taxon:funcusvermis:morphologyThe displayed 223.036–218.043 Ma interval is the U–Pb-bracketed Norian bonebed envelope and is not a crown-Gymnophiona or global lissamphibian FAD.
claim:taxon:funcusvermis:fossil-rangeKnown limits
- A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
References
- Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibiansKligman, B.T.; Gee, B.M.; Marsh, A.D.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Smith, M.E.; Parker, W.G.; Stocker, M.R. · 2023 · DOI 10.1038/s41586-022-05646-5
- Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
- The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
- Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933