Embolomeri
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| Embolomeri Fossil range: Early Carboniferous-Early Triassic |
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 Archeria from the Lower Permian of Texas.
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The Embolomeri is a suborder of reptiliomorphs. The Embolomeri first evolved from an amphibian-like tetrapod in the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian). They were among the reptiliomorphs that survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event that wiped out around 90% of all life on Earth, excluding the amniotes. They later became extinct by the end of Early Triassic epoch. Each of its vertebral centra is made of 2 cylinders, the pleurocentrum and the intercentrum.
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- http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/190Reptilomorpha/190.200.html#Embolomeri
- http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Embolomeri
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