Relating to or characteristic of branchosaurs or the Branchiosauria group.
From 'Branchiosauria' + '-an' (adjective suffix indicating membership). Used by paleontologists to describe anatomical or evolutionary traits of these gill-bearing amphibians.
Branchiosaurian fossils show us evolution in slow motion—each generation slightly better at land life but clinging to gills because lungs weren't quite ready yet.
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