Eggs lain in water hatch into (usually water-dwelling) larvae known as tadpoles. Tadpoles are legless and typically have a few fish-like features not seen in adult frogs; for example, they have ...
At more than 160 million years old, a recently discovered amphibian fossil has set a new record for the earliest known ...
“This finding has dual importance because it represents the oldest-known tadpole and, to our knowledge, the first stem-anuran larva,” wrote the authors. “Its exquisite preservation ...