Particularly it adds to the origins and endurance of the biphasic life cycle seen in frogs today ... This phenomenon, though ...

The researchers believe that N. degiustoi likely reached its giant size—which rivaled that of most anurans alive during the age of reptiles (251.9–66.0 million years ago)—as a result of having a long ...

But did this remarkable life cycle already exist in their early days? Frog fossils are rare, and even rarer are those of tadpoles, those young amphibians vulnerable to predators and unstable aquatic ...

But tadpoles’ bodies are mostly made of cartilage ... the discovery is testament to the success of the frog life cycle, per National Geographic. It shows that the creatures have maintained ...

Jodi Rowley at the Australian Museum in Sydney says the discovery of the oldest known tadpole “confirms how successful and stable the ‘typical’ frog life cycle is – the one we all learn ...

It’s a mix of the three different stages of the frog life cycle.” The team identified the tadpole as a Notobatrachus, as it shared specific vertebrae features with the adult specimens ...

Strawberry poison-dart frog transporting the tadpoles ... and clarifies aspects of their life cycle evolution. The tadpole measures approximately 16 centimeters in length, placing it well ...

"It's starting to help narrow the timeframe in which a frog becomes a frog ... The oldest tadpole reveals evolutionary stability of the anuran life cycle, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038 ...

A search for dinosaur fossils unintentionally shifted into a discovery of the oldest tadpole ever discovered when a team ...

Fossils of the ancient frog Notobatrachus degiustoi push the known tadpole timeline back more than 30 million years.