Eryopoidea are a taxon of late Carboniferous and Permian temnospondyli amphibians, known from North America and Europe. Carroll includes no less than ten families,[1] but but Yates and Warren replace this with a cladistic approach and include only two Permian families, the Eryopidae and Zatracheidae.[2] They define the Eryopoidea as all Euskelia in which the choana are relatively rounded and the iliac blade vertical. A similar definition but without the Euskelia is provided by Laurin and Steyer.[3]
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References
- ^ Carroll, R. L. (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman & Co.
- ^ Yates, A. M. & Warren, A. A. (2000). "The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli". Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 128: 77–121.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Laurin. M and Steyer, J-S (2000). "Phylogeny and Apomorphies of Temnospondyls - Tree of Life project".
External links
- Palaeos
- Eryopoidea - Mikko's Phylogeny Archive