Eryopidae | |
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Cast of a skeleton of Eryops megacephalus, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Eryopoidea |
Family: | †Eryopidae Cope, 1882 |
Genera | |
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Eryopidae were a group of medium to large amphibious temnospondyls,[2] known from North America and Europe. They are defined as all eryopoids with interpterygoid vacuities (spaces in the interpterygoid bone) that are rounded at the front; and large external nares (Laurin and Steyer 2000). Not all of the genera previously included in the Eryopidae (Carroll 1988) are retained under the cladistic revisions.
Gallery
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Actinodon frossardi, of the early Permian of France
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Clamorosaurus nocturnis, of the early Permian of Russia
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Carroll, R. L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, W.H. Freeman & Co.
- Laurin. M and Steyer, J-S, (2000), Phylogeny and Apomorphies of Temnospondyls - Tree of Life project
External links
[edit]- "Eryopoidea". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.