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Eryops megacephalus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Eryops megacephalus was named by Cope (1877). Its type specimen is AMNH 4189, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eryops.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Eryops megacephalus Cope pp. 188-191
1878Rhachitomus valens Cope
1878Clepsydrops gigas Cope p. 27
1878Dimetrodon gigas Cope p. 515
1882Anisodexis imbricarius Cope p. 459
1884Eryops megacephalus Cope p. 34
1884Anisodexis imbricarius Cope p. 36
1888Dimetrodon gigas Cope p. 287
1902Eryops megacephalus Hay p. 421
1902Anisodexis imbricarius Hay p. 423
1902Dimetrodon gigas Hay p. 432
1911Eryops willistoni Moodie
1930Dimetrodon gigas Hay p. 55
1936Luperosaurus gigas Romer p. 92
2013Eryops megacephalus Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
familyEryopidaeCope 1882
subfamilyEryopinae
genusEryops
speciesmegacephalus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eryops megacephalus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Anisodexis imbricarius Cope 1882 [synonym], Clepsydrops gigas Cope 1878 [synonym], Eryops willistoni Moodie 1911 [synonym], Rhachitomus valens Cope 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wolfcamp to the top of the Kungurian or 296.40000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Eryops megacephalus (11165)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Oklahoma) Eryops megacephalus (221391 221392)
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (Texas) Eryops megacephalus (22635 79162 180978)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Eryops megacephalus (84716 108766)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Eryops megacephalus (79402)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Dimetrodon gigas (28253) Eryops megacephalus (85301)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Dimetrodon gigas (85733)
Leonard290.1 - 268.0USA (Oklahoma) Eryops megacephalus (79815 85567 87054 180990 180991)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Anisodexis imbricarius (28256) Dimetrodon gigas (28267) Eryops megacephalus (67735 177000 177019 178738)