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Eryopidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
†Temnospondyli

Scientific name
  
Eryopidae

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superfamily
  
†Eryopoidea

Higher classification
  
Temnospondyli

Eryopidae

Similar
  
Temnospondyli, Amphibians, Eryops, Zatrachydidae, Onchiodon

Eryopidae were a group of medium to large amphibious temnospondyli, 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.

References

Eryopidae Wikipedia