Eoherpeton is the only genus of the family Eoherpetontidae in the extinct suborder Embolomeri. It is known from the Visean and Namurian (now Serpukhovian and lower Bashkirian) stages of the Carboniferous of Scotland.[1][2]
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| Three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull | |
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| Life restoration | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Embolomeri |
| Family: | †Eoherpetontidae Panchen, 1980 |
| Genus: | †Eoherpeton Panchen, 1975 |
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E. watsoni (type) | |
References
edit- ^ Smithson, T.R. (1985). "The morphology and relationships of the Carboniferous amphibian Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (4): 317–410. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01517.x.
- ^ Porro, Laura B.; Martin-Silverstone, Elizabeth; Rayfield, Emily J. (2024-02-02). "Descriptive anatomy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the tetrapod Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen, 1975 from the Carboniferous of Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1–21. doi:10.1017/S175569102300018X. ISSN 1755-6910.
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