Illustration of the New Species (IMAGE)

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Illustration of the New Species

Caption

A reconstruction of the members of a 278-million-year-old tropical lake community from northeastern Brazil. Animals visible include the amphibian Timonya anneae (light colored animal with gills in left foreground), the amphibian Procuhy nazariensis (larger animal swimming in front of a tree fern trunk at right), and a rhinesuchid amphibian (sitting under a fallen branch in the left background). A large lungfish and small ray-finned fishes are also present.

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Reconstruction by Andrey Atuchin.

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