Scientists on Thursday described the fossilized skull of a creature called Kermitops gratus that lived in Texas about 270 million years ago. The fossil was collected in 1984 near Lake Kemp in Texas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered evidence of a prehistoric species of amphibian that could be the precursor to modern species − and they ...

Newly discovered proto-amphibian, Kermitops (USNM PAL 407585) from the Department of Paleobiology collections at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. The species is named ...

LOS ANGELES - Researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have stumbled upon the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old amphibian forebear. As per the discovery published ...

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WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period, but there was a Kermit - or at least a forerunner of modern amphibians that has been named after the ...