Our latest paper is out today: Oldest Gorgonopsian synapsid suggest therapsids may have originated in equatorial regions. Out in @NatureComms with several colleagues:
https://t.co/ipyy91kCNP
The Georgia Blind Salamander (Eurycea (=Haideotriton) wallacei) is an obligate inhabitant of groundwater. This means that they are only found below ground and in aquatic systems in the Floridan Aquifer from subterranean sites in both Florida and Georgia.
Spring Cavefish (Forbesichthys agassizii, top) are pigmented and have functional eyes; most of the relatives to springfishes and swampfishes are cavefishes that do not exhibit much in the way of pigments and do not have eyes-Southern Cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus, bottom).
What may be my last tweet (on #TemnospondylTuesday) is announcing an open database for #temnospondyl data that I've been working on for a while:
TEMNOS (Temnospondyl Evolution, Morphology, Nomenclature, and Other Stuff)
https://t.co/Zot2C6BYqi
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@EmuLarge@incisorial Yes, and colosteids. A lot of the stem gets would be ruled out due to the scales and osteoderms that Japan mentioned. Colosteids for instance have extensive dorsal and ventral scales that would not allow for the spawning behavior shown here.