Eoherpeton
| Eoherpetontidae Temporal range: Early CarboniferousVisean–Namurian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| (unranked): | Reptiliomorpha |
| Order: | Anthracosauria |
| Suborder: | Embolomeri |
| Family: | Eoherpetontidae |
| Genus: | Eoherpeton |
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E. watsoni (type) | |
Eoherpeton is the only genus of the family Eoherpetontidae in the extinct suborder Embolomeri. It is known from the Visean and Namurian (now Serpukhovian and lower Bashkirian) stages of the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1]
References
- ↑ Smithson, T.R. (2008). "The morphology and relationships of the Carboniferous amphibian Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) 85 (4). doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01517.x.
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