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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops : Eryops megacephalus |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Eryops megacephalus | species | belongs to Eryops | stated without evidence | Cope, 1877 | Eryops megacephalus | species | belongs to Eryops | stated with evidence | Cope, 1884 | Eryops megacephalus | species | belongs to Eryops | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 290 Ma Paleozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 268 Ma Permian |
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Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Temnospondyli) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | 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 |
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Cope E. D. Descriptions of extinct Vertebrata from the Permian and Triassic formations of the United States, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17 100, 182-193 |
Cope E. D. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17, 505-530 |
Cope E. D. Third contribution to the history of the Vertebrata of the Permian formation of Texas, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20, 447-461 |
Cope E. D. The Batrachia of the Permian Period of North America, American Naturalist 18 1, 26-39 |
Cope E. D. Systematic catalogue of the species of Vertebrata found in the beds of the Permian Epoch in North America with notes and descriptions, Transactions of the Philosophical Society of America, New Series 16 2, 285-297 |
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
Romer A. S. (1936) Studies on American Permo-Carboniferous reptiles, Problems of Paleontology 1, 85-93 |
Schoch R. R. (2013) The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: an inclusive phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006 |