• DOI:10.1017/S1477201906002008
Corpus ID: 86479890

Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem

@article{Ruta2007DatesNA,
  title={Dates, nodes and character conflict: Addressing the Lissamphibian origin problem},
  author={M. Ruta and M. Coates},
  journal={Journal of Systematic Palaeontology},
  year={2007},
  volume={5},
  pages={122 - 69}
}

M. Ruta, M. Coates

Published 2007

Biology

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Synopsis Extant amphibians consist of Salientia (frogs), Caudata (salamanders), and Gymnophiona (caecilians). The mutual relationships of these groups are controversial, with either Batrachia (Salientia + Caudata) or Procera (Gymnophiona + Caudata) as emerging clades in recent molecular and morphological analyses. The monophyly of amphibians as a whole is supported by independent data, but their origins and affinities with early tetrapods are debated. A new cladistic analysis of early tetrapods… CONTINUE READING

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