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Eoherpeton

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Phylum:Chordata
Order:Embolomeri
Family:Eoherpetontidae
Panchen, 1980
Genus:Eoherpeton
Panchen, 1975
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Eoherpeton
Temporal range: Late Visean to Namurian 346–313 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Embolomeri
Family: Eoherpetontidae
Panchen, 1980
Genus: Eoherpeton
Panchen, 1975
Species

E. watsoni (type)

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