Gymnophionomorpha

Funcusvermis gilmorei from the Norian upper Blue Mesa Member is a stem gymnophionomorph in the published analyses, extending the sampled caecilian total-group record to about 221 Ma without dating crown Gymnophiona. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.

Represented range223.04–Present Ma

Content packageamphibia

PBDBtxn:471965

Evidence boundary

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Claim ledger

fossil-range · medium

claim:taxon:gymnophionomorpha:stem-record

Known 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

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