Eryopidae

Eryopidae Temporal range: Pennsylvanian- Early Permian, 300–272.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Actinodon ?Chelydosaurus ?Syndyodosuchus Stenokranio Eryopinae Schoch & Milner, 2014 Clamorosaurus[1] Eryops[1] Glaukerpeton[1] Onchiodon[1] Osteophorus[1]

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
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  Onchiodon, of the late Carboniferous to early Permian of Europe and North America
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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

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". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.

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