Some Speculations on the Life Style of Permo-Carboniferous Seymouriamorph Tetrapods (Discosauriscidae): Immaturity or Paedomorphosis?

Dmitry V. Malakhov

Abstract


The recent knowledge on the development and paleoenvironment of Permo-Carboniferous seymouriamorph tetrapods of the family Discosauriscidae are summarized and compared with those of existing Amphibia. The analysis of many factors (skeleton structure, ontogenesis and climatic conditions) allows to evaluate a probability of paedomorphic development of Discosauriscidae as at least very possible.


Keywords


Permo-Carboniferous; Discosauriscidae; paedomorphosis; immaturity

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-3-227-231

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