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Eocaecilia

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Kingdom
  
Species
  
†E. micropodia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Scientific name
  
Eocaecilia micropodia

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Triadobatrachus, Gerobatrachus, Microsauria, Lepospondyli, Batropetes

Eocaecilia is an extinct genus of gymnophionan amphibian from the early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona, United States. One species is described, Eocaecilia micropodia.

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Eocaecilia shared some characteristics with salamanders and the now extinct microsaur amphibians. It was of small size, about 15 cm in length. Unlike modern caecilians, which are legless, Eocaecilia possessed small legs, and while modern caecilians have poorly developed eyes and spend a lot of time under ground, Eocaecilia's eyes were somewhat better well-developed. Although the precise ancestry of Eocaecilia is debated (and other caecilians by extension), it likely resided among the ancestral lepospondyl or temnospondyl amphibians of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic.

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