Eryops megacephalus

Eryops megacephalus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EryopsPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Temnospondyli
Life habit
amphibiousPBDB, for Temnospondyli
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Temnospondyli
Environment
brackish,freshwater,terrestrialPBDB, for Tetrapoda

Time the record covers

At least 6.8 million years on record.

The record covers at least 290.1 Mya to 283.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 298.9 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 0 of 24 occurrencesPermian — about 24 of 24 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 24 occurrences300–298 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences298–297 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences297–295 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences295–293 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences293–292 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences292–290 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences290–288 Mya — about 1 occurrence288–287 Mya — about 1 occurrence287–285 Mya — about 2 occurrences285–284 Mya — about 2 occurrences284–282 Mya — about 2 occurrences282–280 Mya — about 2 occurrences280–279 Mya — about 2 occurrences279–277 Mya — about 2 occurrences277–275 Mya — about 2 occurrences275–274 Mya — about 1 occurrence274–272 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences272–271 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences271–269 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences269–267 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences267–266 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences266–264 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences264–262 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences262–261 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences261–259 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences259–257 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences257–256 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences256–254 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences254–253 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences253–251 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences290.1 Mya283.3 Mya299.8 Mya251 Mya

24 occurrences of Eryops megacephalus on record, most of them in the Permian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

24 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

11 formations

Wellington — 36.16°N, 97.34°WWellington — 36.74°N, 97.42°WWellington — 36.35°N, 97.43°WVale — 33.76°N, 99.55°WVale — 33.60°N, 99.25°WVale — 32.13°N, 99.75°WVale — 32.23°N, 99.83°WArcher City — 33.34°N, 98.39°WArcher City — 33.58°N, 98.65°WArcher City — 33.67°N, 98.69°WGarber — 36.77°N, 97.77°WGarber — 34.30°N, 98.60°WGarber — 36.66°N, 97.69°WArroyo — 33.70°N, 99.27°WArroyo — 33.77°N, 99.22°WGarber Sandstone — 34.58°N, 98.85°WGarber Sandstone — 34.53°N, 98.89°WWaggoner Ranch — 33.76°N, 99.14°WNocona — 33.68°N, 98.70°WLueders — 33.78°N, 99.14°WPetrolia — 33.64°N, 98.90°WClyde — 33.77°N, 99.10°W

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The named rock units Eryops megacephalus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Eryops megacephalus and its relatives

Permian

Where Eryops megacephalus and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

155 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 16 sites for Eryops megacephalus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

14 references

Each of the 24 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 2 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Eryops megacephalus

Credit
Daderot
Licence
Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itEryops through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cope 1877