Eryops
Sign in to saveEryops (; from Greek , , 'drawn-out' + , , 'face', because most of its skull was in front of its eyes) is a genus of extinct, amphibious temnospondyls. It contains the type species '''', the fossils of which are found mainly in early Permian deposits of the Texas Red Beds, and Eryops grandis from New Mexico. Fossils have also been found in late Carboniferous rocks from New Mexico and early Permian deposits of Oklahoma, Utah, the Pittsburgh tri-state region, and Prince Edward Island. Several complete skeletons of Eryops'' have been found in lower Permian rocks, but skull bones and teeth are its
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- Mass
- 90
- Image
- Eryops megacephalus (cast) at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum 2355.jpg
- Length
- 2
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- taxon name
- Eryops
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- Eryops
- start time
- 299000000-
- end time
- 278000000-
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Eryops (; from Greek , , 'drawn-out' + , , 'face', because most of its skull was in front of its eyes) is a genus of extinct, amphibious temnospondyls. It contains the type species '''', the fossils of which are found mainly in early Permian deposits of the Texas Red Beds, and Eryops grandis from New Mexico. Fossils have also been found in late Carboniferous rocks from New Mexico and early Permian deposits of Oklahoma, Utah, the Pittsburgh tri-state region, and Prince Edward Island. Several complete skeletons of Eryops have been found in lower Permian rocks, but skull bones and teeth are its most common fossils.
== Description == left|thumb|Life restoration Eryops averaged a little over long and could grow up to , making them among the largest land animals of their time. Adults have been estimated to weigh between . The skull was large and relatively broad compared to coeval temnospondyls; the skull reached lengths of around .