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,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | †Amphibamiformes |
| Genus: | †Eoscopus Daly, 1994 |
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| Eoscopus lockardi Daly, 1994
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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.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "†Eoscopus Daly 1994". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Rainer R. Schoch (2019). "The putative lissamphibian stem-group: phylogeny and evolution of the dissorophoid temnospondyls". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (1): 137–156. Bibcode:2019JPal...93..137S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.67. S2CID 134075457.
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