Eoscopus

Extinct genus of amphibians

Eoscopus
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 303.4–295.0 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Clade: Amphibamiformes
Genus: Eoscopus
Daly, 1994
Type species
Eoscopus lockardi
Daly, 1994

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]

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.

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References

  1. ^ "†Eoscopus Daly 1994". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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