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Eocyclotosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eocyclotosaurus was named by Ortlam (1970). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Kuhn (1971) and Carroll (1988); to Heylerosaurinae by Schoch (2000); to Heylerosauridae by Damiani (2001); and to Capitosauroidea by Schoch (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Moenkopisaurus Shishkin
1970Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam
1971Eocyclotosaurus Kuhn p. 7
1988Eocyclotosaurus Carroll
2000Eocyclotosaurus Schoch p. 391
2001Eocyclotosaurus Damiani p. 392
2013Eocyclotosaurus Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
genusEocyclotosaurusOrtlam 1970

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.

G. †Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam 1970
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Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus Rinehart et al. 2015
Eocyclotosaurus lehmani Heyler 1969
Eocyclotosaurus randalli Welles 1947
Eocyclotosaurus wellesi Schoch 2000
Invalid names: Moenkopisaurus Shishkin 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available