Embolomeri
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| Embolomeri Temporal range: Early Carboniferous-Early Triassic |
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| Archeria from the Lower Permian of Texas. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia sensu lato |
| Subclass: | Labyrinthodontia |
| Superorder: | Reptiliomorpha |
| Order: | Anthracosauria |
| Suborder: | Embolomeri Cope, 1885 |
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The Embolomeri is a suborder of Reptiliomorpha. The Embolomeri first evolved from reptile-like amphibians in the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian). They were strongly specialised brackish or marine creatures, with long bodies for undulating swimming and with a piscivorous diet.
Unlike many of the other reptiliomorphs, the Embolomeri survived the Permian-Triassic extinction event that wiped out around 90% of all life on Earth, possibly due to their specialised lifestyle. 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.
