Eoscopus
Eoscopus is an extinct genus of dissorophoidean euskelian temnospondyl in the family Micropholidae. It is known from Hamilton Quarry, a Late Carboniferous lagerstätte near Hamilton, Kansas.[1]
| Eoscopus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | †Amphibamiformes |
| Genus: | †Eoscopus Daly, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| Eoscopus lockardi Daly, 1994 | |
Members of Micropholidae were historically included in Amphibamidae, but Schoch (2019) recovered Amphibamidae as paraphyletic, necessitating resurrection of Micropholidae for Micropholis and closely related taxa.
References
- "†Eoscopus Daly 1994". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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