Eryops megacephalus

Eryops megacephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eryopoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Ordo: †Temnospondyli Subordo: Euskelia Superfamilia: Eryopoidea

Familia: Eryopidae
Genus: Eryops
Species: Eryops megacephalus

Name

Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1878

Type locality: Wichita County, Texas, USA

Synonyms

• Epicordylus erythroliticus Cope, 1878
• Rhachitomus valens Cope, 1878
• Clepsydrops gigas Cope, 1878 partim
• Dimetrodon gigas (Cope, 1878) partim
• Anisodexis imbricarius Cope, 1882
• Eryops latus Case, 1903
• Eryops anatinus Broom, 1913
• Luperosaurus gigas (Cope, 1878) Romer, 1936

References

• Cope, E.D. 1878. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formation of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 505–530. Full text (PDF).
• Schoch, R.R. & Milner, A.R. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology - Part 3A2: Temnospondyli I. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. ISBN 978-3-89937-170-3