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, 303.4–295.0 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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.

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. "†Eoscopus Daly 1994". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 April 2017.


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