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Salientia
Order of amphibians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Salientia (Latin salire, salio meaning "to jump") are a total group of amphibians that includes the order Anura, the frogs and toads, and various extinct proto-frogs that are more closely related to the frogs than they are to the Urodela, the salamanders and newts.[1] The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.
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Salientia | |
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Hourglass Treefrogs Hyla ebraccata | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Superorder: | Batrachia |
Clade: | Salientia Laurenti, 1768 |
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