According to the fossil record, Lissamphibia, which includes all modern amphibians and is the only surviving lineage, may have branched off from the extinct groups Temnospondyli and Lepospondyli at some period between the Late Carboniferous and the Early Triassic.

The Amazons have become associated with various historical peoples throughout the Roman Empire period and Late Antiquity.

File: Myochin-Suit of Armour with the Buddhist Deity Fudo Myo-o-Walters 51602. jpg | Late Edo period ( 1800s ) samurai armour.

The basis of western astronomy as taught during Late Antiquity and until the Early Modern period is the Almagest by Ptolemy, written in the 2nd century.

Early marsupial mammals evolved in the Early Cretaceous, with true placentals emerging in the Late Cretaceous period.

Marine reptiles included ichthyosaurs in the early and middle of the Cretaceous ( becoming extinct during the late Cretaceous Cenomanian-Turonian anoxic event ), plesiosaurs throughout the entire period, and mosasaurs appearing in the Late Cretaceous.

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He did not include this transitional period in the tripartite system of Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age but placed it at the beginning outside of it.

It contains epigrams ranging from the Hellenistic period through the Imperial period and Late Antiquity into the compiler's own Byzantine eraa thousand years of short elegiac texts on every topic under the sun.

Already during the high medieval period, and increasingly during the Late Middle Ages, city states and communes such as those of the Old Swiss Confederacy also began to use flags as field signs.

The Late Middle Ages represented a period of upheaval in Europe.

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Hillforts were known since the Late Bronze Age, but a huge number were constructed in the period 600-400 BCE, particularly in the South ; after about 400 however new ones largely cease to be built and a large number cease to be regularly inhabited, while a smaller number of others become more and more intensively occupied, suggesting a degree of regional centralisation.

During the Late Roman period it is likely that the shore forts played some role in continental trade alongside their defensive functions.

The Canaanite city-state system broke down at the end of the Late Bronze period, and Canaanite culture was then gradually absorbed into that of the Philistines, Phoenicians and Israelites.

African biface artifact ( spear point ) dated in Late Stone Age period.

Certain scholarship holds that the practices, emblems and architecture now commonly associated with the Hindu pantheon and Jainism may go back as far as Late Harappan times to the period 2000 – 1500 BCE.

* Uruk period: 4100 – 2900 BC ( Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age I )

Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, respectively.

Late Middle Japanese has the first loanwords from European languages – now-common words borrowed into Japanese in this period include pan (" bread ") and tabako (" tobacco ", now " cigarette "), both from Portuguese.

The Jurassic period is divided into Early Jurassic, Middle, and Late Jurassic epochs.

Takasugi Shinsaku Late Edo period Kendo practitioner.

Stratigraphic analysis from the most recent excavations showed prehistoric human activity at the altar site, which seems to have been in continuous use from the Late Neolithic period through to the Hellenistic era.

The first Best Comedy Recording Grammy was awarded to " The Chipmunk Song ( Christmas Don't Be Late )", which used a speeded-up voice technique to simulate a chipmunk voice.

Significant players of the mridangam in modern times are Late Palghat Mani Iyer, Late Palghat Raghu, Late Prof. Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, Late Sri Mahadevu Radha Krishna Raju, Dr. T. K. Murthy, Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman, Vellore Ramabhadran, Trichy Sankaran, T. S. Nandakumar, Karaikudi Mani, Madurai. T. Srinivasan ( Seenakutti ), Yella Venkateswara Rao, Srimushnam Raja Rao, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Mahadevu Lakshmi Narayana Raju, Cheluvaraj Trichur C Narendran who have been playing and advancing the technique since decades.

The following Late Corinthian Style II is characterized by vases only with ornaments, usually painted with a silhouette technique.

Rococo ( or ), less commonly roccoco, also referred to as " Late Baroque ", is an 18th-century artistic movement and style, which affected several aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music and theatre.

The Islamic arabesque is a development of the Late Antique and Byzantine types of scrolling vegetal decoration that were inherited by Islam, and used with relatively little change in early Islamic art, for example in the famous 8th century mosaics of the Great Mosque of Damascus.

The beginning of the Late Neolithic Period about 2200 BC is characterized by the appearance of the Corded Ware culture, pottery with corded decoration and well-polished stone axes ( s. c. boat-shape axes ).

In most Late Antique manuscripts text and decoration were kept clearly apart, though some initials began to be enlarged and elaborated, but major insular manuscripts sometimes take a whole page for a single initial or the first few words ( see illustration ) at beginnings of gospels or other sections in a book.

It qualifies as an illuminated manuscript as it has some decoration including two full-page miniatures, but these show little sign of the usual insular style of Northumbrian art and are clearly copied from Late Antique originals.

" As Middle Egyptian evolved into Late Egyptian, Demotic, and finally Coptic ( c. 600 BC ), dj-b-t became tobe " brick.

As the name Asia came to be extended to other areas east of the Mediterranean, the name for Anatolian became specified as Asia Minor (" Lesser Asia ", Μικρὰ Ἀσία ) in Late Antiquity.

Late in the 20th century, caller ID and prepaid cellphone service became commonplace.

Probably the most recognised style of armour in the World became the plate armour associated with the knights of the European Late Middle Ages, but continuing to the early 17th century Age of Enlightenment in all European countries.

Late in the 20th century, urban police bicycles became more common, as the mobility of car-borne officers was increasingly limited by traffic congestion and pedestrianisation.

In the Late Middle Ages, knives with blade designs that emphasized thrusting attacks, such as the stiletto, became increasingly popular, and some thrusting knives commonly referred to as ' daggers ' ceased to have a cutting edge.

Stover's Black Oracle partner Bill George published his own short-lived zine The Late Show ( 1974 – 1976 ; with co-editor Martin Falck ), and later became editor of the Cinefantastique prozine spinoff Femme Fatales.

This group, better known as the saber-tooth cats, became extinct in the Late Pleistocene era.

It became Christian under the Late Roman Empire, and acquired its first bishop at this time.

Late in October 1970, Gygax lost his job at the insurance company and then became a shoe repairman, which gave him more time for pursuing his interest in game development.

Late in life and after his death Hoover became a controversial figure, as evidence of his secretive actions became known.

Late in life Ayn Rand renewed her childhood interest in stamps and became an enthusiastic collector.

The spatha as it developed in the Late Roman army became the predecessor of the European sword of the Middle Ages, at first adopted as the Migration period sword, and only in the High Middle Ages developed into the classical arming sword with crossguard.

The national touring series, the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division, originated from local late model races in the east coast of the U. S. This division became the Busch Series and then the Nationwide Series.

Late in the 14th century the name Sumatra became popular in reference to the kingdom of Samudra Pasai, which was a rising power until it was replaced by Sultanate of Aceh.

Late in the Pacific War when large targets became scarce, many PT boats replaced two or all four of their torpedo tubes with additional guns for engaging enemy coastal supply boats and barges, isolating enemy-held islands from supply, reinforcement or evacuation.

Late in the century Christianity became the official state religion, and the empire's old pagan culture began to disappear.

By the Late Republican era, increasing competition among the competitive military-political adventurers who ran Rome's nascent empire ensured that triumphs became more frequent, drawn out and extravagant, prolonged in some cases by several days of public games and entertainments.

Late in the century, this practice became rare but hybrids continued in use in line cards.

Late in the 1950s, Erhard's ministry became involved in the struggle within the society between the European and the Anglo-American factions and sided with the former.

In Algeria, many cities became hamlets after the end of Late Antiquity.

Late in the 3rd century, after the Parthians had been supplanted by the Sassanids, the city again became a source of conflict with Rome.

Late in the nineteenth century, Bachelor of Surgery degrees ( usually ChB ) began to be awarded with the ( MB ), and the mastership became a higher degree, usually abbreviated ChM or MS in London, where the first degree was MB, BS.

Late in 1915 Lloyd George became a strong supporter of general conscription, and he helped to put through the conscription act of 1916.