Apodops is an extinct genus of early caecilians from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. The type species of the genus is A. pricei, described based on an isolated and broken trunk vertebra.

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Further reading

Barcelos, L.A., Santos, R.O. The Lissamphibian Fossil Record of South America. Palaeobio Palaeoenv (2022). R. Estes and M. H. Wake. 1972. The first fossil record of caecilian amphibians. Nature 239:228-231 Biology of Amphibians by William E. Duellman and Linda Trueb The Big Book Of Dinosaurs by David Norman Amphibians: The World of Frogs, Toads, Salamanders and Newts by Robert Hofrichter Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time by Edwin H. Colbert, Michael Morales, and Eli C. Minkoff

Apodops

Caeciliidae

Eocene amphibians

Paleogene amphibians of South America

Eocene animals of South America

Itaboraian

Eocene Brazil

Fossils of Brazil

Fossil taxa described in 1972

Apodops