Eoherpeton
Eoherpeton Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Embolomeri |
Family: | †Eoherpetontidae Panchen, 1980 |
Genus: | †Eoherpeton Panchen, 1975 |
Species | |
E. watsoni (type) |
Eoherpeton is the only genus of the family Eoherpetontidae in the extinct suborder Embolomeri. It is known from the Visean and Namurian (now Serpukhovian and lower Bashkirian) stages of the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1]
References[]
- ^ Smithson, T.R. (1985). "The morphology and relationships of the Carboniferous amphibian Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (4): 317–410. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01517.x.
External links[]
- The skull of Eoherpeton, from the original description
- A 3D reconstruction of the skull, using microCT scans, published by Liz Martin-Silverstone's twitter account
Categories:
- Embolomeres
- Carboniferous tetrapods of Europe
- Prehistoric amphibian stubs