Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Synonyms: Epicordylus Cope 1878, Rhachitomus Cope 1878
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Descriptions of extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic formations of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17(100):182-193
Parent taxon: Eryopinae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1884, Gauthier et al. 1989, Hay 1902, Kissel and Lehman 2002, Maddin et al. 2012, Schoch 2013, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Clamorosaurus, Glaukerpeton, Onchiodon, Osteophorus
Subtaxa: Eryops erythroliticus Eryops grandis Eryops latus Eryops megacephalus
Type: Eryops megacephalus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (2 collections), United States (74: Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (3: New Mexico, Utah)
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
Total: 84 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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