Eogyrinidae
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| Eogyrinidae | ||||||||||||
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Skull of Neopteroplax conemaughensis |
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| Carbon to Permian | ||||||||||||
| 359.2 to 251 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Eogyrinidae | ||||||||||||
| Watson , 1929 |
The Eogyrinidae family was a group of large, aquatic amphibians of the Carboniferous . They are counted to the aquatic group of the Anthracosauria , the Embolomeri .
Their group is named after Eogyrinus , a well-known representative of this group who was found in England. Their way of life was probably more crocodile-like and determined by hunting in the water. The Eogyrinidae inhabited the numerous swamp forests of the Carboniferous, where they mainly lived by hunting fish. They also showed anatomical similarities to today's crocodiles, e.g. B. the short legs, the size (two to four meters from the head to the tip of the tail), the long oar tail, strong jaws and good teeth.
Genera
- Calligenethlon
- Carbonoherpetone
- Diplovertebron
- Eogyrinus
- Leptophractus
- Neopteroplax
- Palaeoherpeton
- Pholiderpeton
- Pteroplax
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- Helmut Werner: 1000 dinosaurs . Naumann & Göbel Verlagsgesellschaft mbG, ISBN 978-3-625-11519-9