Eothyris
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 life restoration of Eothyris parkeyi, body shape is conjectural since only the skull is known
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Eothyris is an extinct genus of the family Eothyrididae. It was an insectivorous synapsid. It was closely related to Oedaleops.
[edit] Discovery and species
Only one species is known, Eothyris parkeyi (Romer), from a single skull, found in the Belle Plains formation in Texas. It belongs to the Artinskian age of the early Permian.
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