# Is there a missing link between reptiles and amphibians?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218 "2022-08-07T17:37:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheForumGameMaster](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/theforumgamemaster/32/14212_2.png) [@TheForumGameMaster](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/TheForumGameMaster)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218/1 "2022-08-07T17:37:57Z")

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Is there a transitional species between a amphibian tetrapod and a reptillian amniote?

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**Author:** ![TwilightWings21](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/twilightwings21/32/7288_2.png) [@TwilightWings21](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/TwilightWings21)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218/2 "2022-08-07T18:00:18Z")

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Saurian synapsids, right? I know there were two kind of synapsids, one branch of which was the mammalian synapsids and the other the ancestors of birds and reptiles.

Edit: I don’t know much about them myself, sorry, but at least I can give you a starting point

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**Author:** ![Deathwake](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/deathwake/32/12307_2.png) [@Deathwake](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Deathwake)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218/3 "2022-08-07T21:14:22Z")

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here i found a whole [list of them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils#Amphibians_to_amniotes)

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**Author:** ![TheForumGameMaster](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/theforumgamemaster/32/14212_2.png) [@TheForumGameMaster](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/TheForumGameMaster)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218/4 "2023-06-01T01:01:59Z")

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Well shoot. As of May 2023, the list no longer seems to exist, and now is replaced with some random article.

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**Author:** ![Nie](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/nie/32/7617_2.png) [@Nie](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Nie)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/is-there-a-missing-link-between-reptiles-and-amphibians/5218/5 "2023-06-03T14:05:23Z")

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Here it is:

> **[Transitional fossil](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_transitional_fossils&oldid=1147213795)**
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> A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group. This is especially important where the descendant group is sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group. These fossils serve as a reminder that taxonomic divisions are human constructs that have been imposed in hindsight on a continuum of variation. Because of the incompleteness of the fossil record, there

Took a bit of work to find but this is one of the latest versions before the article was removed.