Biology:Eryopidae
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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians
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| Cast of a skeleton of Eryops megacephalus, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Eryopoidea |
| Family: | †Eryopidae Cope, 1882 |
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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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Eryops megacephalus, of the late Carboniferous to early Permian of North America -
Onchiodon, of the late Carboniferous to early Permian of Europe and North America -
Actinodon frossardi, of the early Permian of France -
Clamorosaurus nocturnis, of the early Permian of Russia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 R. R. Schoch, A. R. Milner (2014). Handbook of Paleoherpetology. Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I
- ↑ R. R. Schoch (January 2013). "The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: An inclusive phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (6). doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006.
Further reading
- 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
- "Eryopoidea". http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/amphibia/euskelia/eryopoidea.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q2295521 entry
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