Eryopidae
| Eryopids Temporal range: Pennsylvanian- Early Permian, 300–272.7 Ma |
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| Life restoration of Eryops megacephalus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Eryopoidea |
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†Eryopidae Cope, 1882 |
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?Cheliderpeton |
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?Cheliderpeton
Clamorosaurus
Eryops
Onchiodon
Osteophorus
Syndyodosuchus
Eryopidae were a group of medium to large amphibious temnospondyli, known from North America and Europe. They are defined as all eryopoids with interpterygoid vacuities (spaces in the interpterygoid bone) that are rounded at the front; and large external nares (Laurin and Steyer 2000). Not all of the genera previously included in the Eryopidae (Carroll 1988) are retained under the cladistic revisions.
Cheliderpeton skull.
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