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