Eoscopus
Encyclopedia
Eoscopus is an extinct genus
of dissorophoidea
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n temnospondyl within the family
Amphibamidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of dissorophoidea
Dissorophoidea
Dissorophoideans are a clade of medium-sized, temnospondyl amphibians that appeared during the Late Pennsylvanian in Euramerica, and continued through to the Late Permian and even possibly the Early Triassic of Gondwana...
n euskelia
Euskelia
Euskelia is a clade of extinct Temnospondyl amphibians.-References:*Yates, A. M. & Warren, A. A. , The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 77-121....
n temnospondyl within the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Amphibamidae
Amphibamidae
Amphibamidae is an extinct family of dissorophoid euskelian temnospondyls. The earliest amphibamids such as Amphibamus are known from Early Permian strata in the United States, while the last known amphibamid, Micropholis, is known from the Early Triassic Karoo Basin of South Africa...
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See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians