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nytimes.com
Scientists have named a newly identified ancient ancestor of modern-day amphibians Kermitops gratus in honor of Kermit the Frog. The salamander-like species that lived more than 270 million years ago seemed to bear a striking resemblance to the beloved Muppet, said a researcher who helped name it.
Prehistoric Amphibian Ancestor Is Named for Kermit the Frog
The species seemed to have bug eyes and a smile, so a team of researchers named it Kermitops gratus in honor of the banjo-playing Muppet.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
batmanelvisigodo.bsky.social
#temnovember2024 day 9: Kermitops
Day nine of #temnovember and we are back with digital art, this time with #Kermitops, a small #amphibamiform described this year with a name that speaks for itself
#sciart #paleoart #temnospondyl #amphibian #Kermit
November 9, 2024 at 9:23 PM
sebastianrvh.bsky.social
8. Kermitops (So, Pardo & Mann, 2024)

I could go on for ages, but for now to cap off the list, here's an ancient #amphibian with the face of #Kermit The Frog!

(Kermitops literally means, the face of Kermit!)
A picture of the muppet Kermit The Frog holding a Banjo, with the fossilised skull of an ancient amphibian
November 13, 2024 at 9:58 PM
muppetwiki.com
[THREAD] #MuppetWiki2024
New Articles on Muppet Wiki in 2024:

Kermitops gratus
muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Kermito...
January 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
stephenbheard.bsky.social
Muppets in biological nomenclature! Species named after Kermit, Oscar, Statler & Waldorf... there's no reason naming can't be fun. scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/w...
Wonderful Latin Names: (Not enough) Muppets in nomenclature
Earlier this year, a newly described fossil amphibian* made a (small) media splash: Kermitops gratus, from the Early Permian of Texas. The name Kermitops is a combination of (obviously) Kermit and (le...
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
June 18, 2024 at 12:16 PM
guardian-world-rss.bsky.social
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to land
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2024 at 7:20 PM
liviap.bsky.social
How does this discovery of Kermitops gratus change our understanding of modern amphibian evolution? #fossil#amphibian#evolution#Kermitops#gratus
A skull with round eyes, similar to a muppet, is displayed in a museum and illuminated by a single light.
March 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
koskinonodon.bsky.social
I'll start with new taxa: In an homage to the OG amphibian, @calamanderso.bsky.social et al. named a new amphibamiform from the early Permian of Texas, Kermitops, which was the most famous temno of 2024. Their phylo analysis highlights how sensitive topology is to methods. doi.org/10.1093/zool...
Photograph and interpretive illustration of the skull of the early Permian amphibamiform Kermitops gratus in dorsal view. The skull is covered in fine pitting and is slightly skewed such that the left orbit is farther back than the right. It is longer than wide, with a rounded snout and an opening (internarial fontanelle) at the tip of the snout. The orbits are filled with small palpebral ossicles. Comparisons of strict consensus topologies from parsimony analyses conducted with different codings for the presence of a basioccipital. Amphibamiforms are largely unresolved when coded as present, whereas the tree is much more resolved (though not particularly well-supported) when coded as absent.
January 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
susieoftraken.bsky.social
KERMITOPS 💚
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to land
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
cnn.com
Kermit the Frog, meet Kermitops gratus, the most recent ancient amphibian to be identified after examination of a tiny fossilized skull that once sat unstudied in the Smithsonian fossil collection for 40 years, according to a paper published Thursday in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Newly identified fossil named for Kermit the Frog could help solve evolutionary puzzle | CNN
Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown ancient species: Kermitops — an amphibian that predates the dinosaurs and reveals the complexity of frog evolution.
cnn.it
March 22, 2024 at 12:32 AM
ernstvall.bsky.social
Bühne frei für Kermitops - Applaus, Applaus, Applaus!

In den 80ern fand ein Paläontologe ein winziges Fossil. Nun haben sich Forscher die Überreste genauer angesehen – und eine neue Gattung identifiziert. Beim Namen ließen sie sich von der »Muppet Show« inspirieren.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Forscher Calvin So und Arjan Mann: Puppen-Kermit im Hintergrund, Amphibien-Kermitops in den Händen
March 22, 2024 at 3:22 PM
floridamuseum.bsky.social
Scientist spotted 🔦 Our herpetologist Dave Blackburn @anura.bsky.social added to the conversation about an ancient amphibian species named after Kermit the Frog 🐸 from a lil cartoonish, big-eyed fossil specimen, via CNN:
www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/w...

#FrogFriday #FossilFriday
Newly identified fossil named for Kermit the Frog could help solve evolutionary puzzle | CNN
Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown ancient species: Kermitops — an amphibian that predates the dinosaurs and reveals the complexity of frog evolution.
www.cnn.com
March 22, 2024 at 5:01 PM
acerbicotter.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03...

*Flails arms going "yaaaaaaaay"
Meet Kermitops, the newly discovered prehistoric creature named after Kermit the Frog
There were definitely no muppets 270 million years ago, but there was a Kermit — or at least an ancestor of modern amphibians, according to scientists who uncovered its fossilised skull.
www.abc.net.au
March 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM
bjking.bsky.social
Kermitops gratus: this makes me happy. "A 270-million-year-old fossil that sheds light on the murky origins of amphibians has been named after Kermit - the world's most famous frog. Scientists found the fossilized skull in a collection at the Smithsonian Natl Museum of Natural History." #frogs 🌿🧪
Kermit the Frog honoured in new fossil find
The fossil's bug-eyed appearance reminded researchers of the famous Muppet.
www.bbc.com
March 22, 2024 at 3:08 PM
snowfloe.bsky.social
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog.
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to land
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2024 at 8:17 PM
wholesomenewsfeed.bsky.social
"In a zoological paper published on Thursday, the team of researchers described the fossil as "a new species of proto-amphibian", which they named Kermitops gratus because it bears a likeness to the iconic puppet, Kermit the Frog."

From: ABC News (Aus)
Meet Kermitops, the newly discovered prehistoric creature named after Kermit the Frog
There were definitely no muppets 270 million years ago, but there was a Kermit — or at least an ancestor of modern amphibians, according to scientists who uncovered its fossilised skull.
www.abc.net.au
March 22, 2024 at 9:28 PM
dinopantheon.bsky.social
テキサス州、ペルム紀前期の地層産出標本により、分堆類、ディッソロフス類、Amphibamiformes の新種
Kermitops gratus
属名：カエルのマペット、カーミット＋-ops 顔
種小名：（ラ）感謝 標本を採集したスミソニアン博のメンバーに対し
論文フリー academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
ニュース www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...
Newly Discovered Fossil from the Smithsonian’s Collection Named After Kermit the Frog
The new amphibian ancestor joins a growing list of species named after Jim Henson and his Muppet characters
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 22, 2024 at 7:05 AM
dinopantheon.bsky.social
Kermitops gratus は他の両生類と共通する特徴をモザイク状に持つが、鼻前部に位置する小さな開口部（インターナリアル・フォンタネル）が存在し、これは鼻骨の寄与なしに前上顎骨によって形成されている特徴をもつ。この時代の両生類の頭蓋の多様性を示すものになるそうです
※Amphibamiformes について bryangee.weebly.com/blog/amphiba...
Amphibamiform August, Week 1
Having finally made it to Seattle and gotten some semblance of stability, I'm cautiously optimistic that I can reboot the blog on a more regular note again! As regular readers may notice, I'm a big...
bryangee.weebly.com
March 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
djfrancois.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
Kermitops gratus are thought to be among first true amphibians and a key step in transition of life from water to land
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2024 at 9:54 AM
remydean.bsky.social

Kermitops gratus - a fossil of enormous significance - spent decades in Smithsonian's National Fossil Collection waiting for a scientist to take a closer look & discover a new prehistoric species - named in honour of Kermit the Frog

🐸 via BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
The Kermitops fossil (left) next to a modern frog skull
March 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM
futurasciences.bsky.social
ICYMI: Kermitops : mais pourquoi ce #fossile de #grenouille de 270 millions d’années porte le nom de la célèbre marionnette ?
Kermitops : mais pourquoi ce #fossile de #grenouille de 270 millions d’années porte le nom de la célèbre marionnette ?
Kermit. Si pour les jeunes d’aujourd’hui ce nom ne veut certainement rien dire, pour d’autres cela rappelle de bons moments de télévision dans les années 1980-90. Kermit la #grenouille était en effet le personnage principal de la célèbre émission The…
www.futura-sciences.com
April 3, 2024 at 1:08 PM
futurasciences.bsky.social
Kermitops : mais pourquoi ce #fossile de #grenouille de 270 millions d’années porte le nom de la célèbre marionnette ?
Kermitops : mais pourquoi ce #fossile de #grenouille de 270 millions d’années porte le nom de la célèbre marionnette ?
Kermit. Si pour les jeunes d’aujourd’hui ce nom ne veut certainement rien dire, pour d’autres cela rappelle de bons moments de télévision dans les années 1980-90. Kermit la #grenouille était en effet le personnage principal de la célèbre émission The…
www.futura-sciences.com
March 30, 2024 at 1:06 PM
ethanhunter.bsky.social
They named a dinosaur frog “Kermitops” guys!!!!
March 22, 2024 at 1:01 PM
leljntabbyra4109.bsky.social
Kermitops gratus, a new frog, "March"es onto the paleo stage along with Ichthyosaurs, turtles and Spinowars - Oh my!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaxJ...
A Giant Prehistoric Turtle & A Tapeworm Trapped in Amber | PaleoRewind 2024: March
YouTube video by 7 Days of Science
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December 22, 2024 at 11:39 PM
laurabaisas.bsky.social
While I didn't get to speak with Kermit himself for this one, the frog himself did send me a nice email early this morning. Meet Kermitops!
www.popsci.com/science/prot...
New proto-amphibian species named after Kermit the Frog
Kermit the Frog tells us, 'I was truly honored… and a little puzzled.'
www.popsci.com
March 21, 2024 at 5:27 PM