Paleontologists report that fossils of a new species of vertebrate amphibian from the Triassic Jhelum Formation of Wyoming were preserved in torpedo-shaped burrows, waiting out the end of the dry season.
rebuilding the life of Ninunbihan Dookuduka Reconstruction of the paleoenvironment depicting its life and holes across seasons: (left) Ninunbihan Dookuduka The rainy season is over and they are resting on the edge of rivers where the water table is low. (center) small community Ninunbihan Dookuduka They are in their burrows at the height of the dry season. (Right) The onset of the humid season brings rain, leading to outbreaks. Ninunbihan Dookuduka From their presumed den. Some individuals die before the rain comes and are preserved as fossils. Image credit: Gabriel N. Uguet.
The newly described fossil species are Ninunbihan Dookudukalived more than 231 million years ago (early to late Triassic period).
This ancient creature belongs to the Temnospondyli, a diverse order of tetrapods that are often thought of as primitive amphibians.
Several well-preserved human bones Ninunbihan Dookuduka The individual was discovered in association with a putative burrow. formation of gelm Located in Fremont County, Wyoming, USA.
“Based on how the region's rocks are formed and what they're made of, we can see that Wyoming experienced the most dramatic seasonal effects of the supermonsoon that affected th…
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