amphibians
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Amphibian is also used to describe things such as vehicles that can operate both on land and in the water.
Amphibians were the first land-dwelling animals to evolve.
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Running along Brazil's coastline, the Atlantic Forest supports an extraordinary range of life, including hundreds of species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and fishes.
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Dr. Marc Jones, a curator of fossil reptiles and amphibians who co authored the research, notes that the Eocene was marked by major climate shifts worldwide.
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The fossils come from a 249 million year old marine community that included extinct reptiles, amphibians, bony fish, and sharks.
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The researchers say this trend is not slowing and suggest that groups such as plants, fungi, arachnids, fishes and amphibians are far more diverse than previously believed.
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Excavations have revealed fossil-rich deposits containing thousands of remains from amphibians, turtles, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and mammals.
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