Eryopidae

Eryopidae; Temporal range: ; Pennsylvanian- Early Permian, 300–272.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cast of a skeleton of Eryops megacephalus, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Eryopoidea
Family:	†Eryopidae; Cope, 1882
Genera
	Actinodon; ?Chelydosaurus; ?Syndyodosuchus; Stenokranio; Eryopinae Schoch & Milner, 2014 Clamorosaurus; Eryops; Glaukerpeton; Onchiodon; Osteophorus; ;

Eryopidae were a group of medium to large amphibious temnospondyls,^[2] known from North America and Europe. They are defined as all eryopoids with interpterygoid vacuities (spaces in the interpterygoid bone) that are rounded at the front; and large external nares (Laurin and Steyer 2000). Not all of the genera previously included in the Eryopidae (Carroll 1988) are retained under the cladistic revisions.

Gallery

Eryops megacephalus, of the late Carboniferous to early Permian of North America
Onchiodon, of the late Carboniferous to early Permian of Europe and North America
Actinodon frossardi, of the early Permian of France
Clamorosaurus nocturnis, of the early Permian of Russia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e R. R. Schoch, A. R. Milner (2014). Handbook of Paleoherpetology. Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I
^ R. R. Schoch (January 2013). "The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: An inclusive phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (6). doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006.