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Journal Article
Published: 01 May 2006
Journal of Paleontology (2006) 80 (3): 561–580.
...KAT PAWLEY; ANNE WARREN Abstract The appendicular skeleton of the Lower Permian temnospondyl Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1877 , described and figured in detail, is similar to that of most temnospondyls, except that it is highly ossified. It displays terrestrial adaptations, including a reduced dermal...
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Figure  5 —Reconstruction of left scapulocoracoid of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 5 —Reconstruction of left scapulocoracoid of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , lateral; 2 , anterior; 3 , medial; 4 , posterior views. Reconstruction of pectoral girdle of Eryops megacephalus : 5 , left lateral; 6 , ventral views. Abbreviations: fcor, coracoid foramen; fgl, glenoid foramen
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Figure  1 —Main specimens of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span>  Cope, 1877  used in reco...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 1 —Main specimens of Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1877 used in reconstructions: 1 , MCZ 2675 interclavicle; 2 , MCZ 1900 interclavicle; 3 , MCZ 7766 interclavicle; 4 , MCZ 1883 left clavicle fragment; 5 , MCZ 1900 interclavicle; 6 , MCZ 1421 right clavicle; 7 , MCZ 1984 right
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Figure  2 —Main specimens of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span>  used in reconstructions:...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 2 —Main specimens of Eryops megacephalus used in reconstructions: 1 , AMNH 4211 right partial scapula and cleithrum; 2 , MCZ 2565 right ventral scapulocoracoid; 3 , MCZ 7551 right humerus; 4 , MCZ 7773 left ilium; 5 , MCZ 1858 right pelvis; 6 , AMNH 4203 left femur. Scale bar = 50
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Figure  3 —Reconstruction of interclavicle of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , v...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 3 —Reconstruction of interclavicle of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , ventral; 2 , dorsal; and 3 , anterior views. Reconstruction of left clavicle of Eryops megacephalus : 4 , ventral; 5 , dorsal; 6 , lateral; 7 , medial; 8 , posterior; 9 , anterior views. In 4 and 5 the anterior
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Figure  4 —Reconstruction of left cleithrum of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , ...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 4 —Reconstruction of left cleithrum of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , lateral; 2 , anterior; 3 , medial; 4 , posterior views. Abbreviations: cc, cleithral crest; co, center of ossification; cs, cleithral shaft; dcthp, dorsal cleithral process; lss, suprascapular lamina; sfcs, scapular
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Figure  6 —Reconstruction of left humerus of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , ex...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 6 —Reconstruction of left humerus of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , extensor; 2 , anterior; 3 , flexor; 4 , posterior; 5 , proximal; and 6 , distal views. In 5 and 6 the extensor surface is uppermost. Abbreviations: ahk, anterior humeral keel; avphas, anteroventral proximal humeral
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Figure  7 —Reconstruction of left radius of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , ext...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 7 —Reconstruction of left radius of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , extensor; 2 , anterior; 3 , flexor; 4 , posterior; 5 , proximal; and 6 , distal views. Reconstruction of left ulna of Eryops megacephalus : 7 , extensor; 8 , anterior; 9 , flexor; 10 , posterior; 11 , proximal
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Figure  8 —Reconstruction of left pelvis of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , ven...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 8 —Reconstruction of left pelvis of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , ventrolateral; 2 , anterior; 3 , dorsomedial; 4 , posterior views. Abbreviations: dip, dorsal iliac process; isch, ischium; mir, mesial iliac ridge; obt, obturator foramen; pab, postacetabular buttress; psan, posterior
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Figure  9 —Reconstruction of left femur of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , exte...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 9 —Reconstruction of left femur of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , extensor; 2 , anterior; 3 , flexor; 4 , posterior; 5 , proximal; and 6 , distal views. In 5 and 6 the extensor surface is uppermost. Abbreviations: acff, anterior caput femora fossa; adb, adductor blade; adc, adductor
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Figure  10 —Reconstruction of left tibia of  <span class="search-highlight">Eryops</span> <span class="search-highlight">megacephalus</span> :  1 , ext...
Published: 01 May 2006
Figure 10 —Reconstruction of left tibia of Eryops megacephalus : 1 , extensor; 2 , anterior; 3 , flexor; 4 , posterior; 5 , proximal; and 6 , distal views. Reconstruction of left fibula of Eryops megacephalus : 7 , extensor; 8 , anterior; 9 , flexor; 10 , posterior; 11 , proximal
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Comparison of eryopid skulls in palatal view. ( 1 )  Stenokranio boldi  n. ...
Published: 01 November 2023
Figure 19. Comparison of eryopid skulls in palatal view. ( 1 ) Stenokranio boldi n. gen. n. sp., from this paper ( 2 ) Glaukerpeton avinoffi , after Werneburg and Berman ( 2012 ). ( 3 ) Eryops megacephalus , after Sawin ( 1941 ). ( 4 ) Onchiodon thuringiensis , after Werneburg ( 2007 ). ( 5
Journal Article
Published: 01 November 2021
Journal of Paleontology (2021) 95 (6): 1308–1320.
..., 2017 ). Quite like Onchiodon in the eastern German basins, Actinodon frossardi Gaudry, 1866 in France, and Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1878 in North America, Sclerocephalus haeuseri was a heavily ossified taxon with a massive skull, pectoral girdle, and full complement of dermal scales...
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Comparison of eryopid skull roofs in dorsal view. ( 1 )  Stenokranio boldi ...
Published: 01 November 2023
Figure 18. Comparison of eryopid skull roofs in dorsal view. ( 1 ) Stenokranio boldi n. gen. n. sp., from this paper. ( 2 ) Glaukerpeton avinoffi , after Werneburg and Berman ( 2012 ). ( 3 ) Eryops megacephalus , after Sawin ( 1941 ). ( 4 ) Onchiodon thuringiensis , after Werneburg ( 2007
Journal Article
Published: 01 November 2023
Journal of Paleontology (2023) 97 (6): 1251–1281.
...Figure 19. Comparison of eryopid skulls in palatal view. ( 1 ) Stenokranio boldi n. gen. n. sp., from this paper ( 2 ) Glaukerpeton avinoffi , after Werneburg and Berman ( 2012 ). ( 3 ) Eryops megacephalus , after Sawin ( 1941 ). ( 4 ) Onchiodon thuringiensis , after Werneburg ( 2007 ). ( 5...
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Revised vertebrate faunal list of the Vale Formation derived from Olson and...
Published: 01 November 2018
. aspidephorus Williston, 1910a cf. Rothianiscus sp. indet. Synapsida Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1877b Casea broilii Williston, 1910b ? Tersomius sp. indet. Casea nicholsi Olson, 1954a Trimerorhachis insignis Cope, 1878 Dimetrodon giganhomogenes Case, 1907
Journal Article
Published: 01 September 2007
Journal of Paleontology (2007) 81 (5): 873–894.
... ; and semi-aquatic taxa such as the temnospondyl Eryops megacephalus Cope, 1877 and the pelycosaur Ophiacodon uniformis Cope, 1878 ( Romer, 1928 , 1935 ; Dalquest and Mamay, 1963 ; Parrish, 1978 ; Sander, 1989 ). The paleoenvironment of some of the T. insignis localities was warm and humid...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 July 2022
Journal of Paleontology (2022) 96 (4): 950–960.
.... In a series of publications, Moustafa ( 1952a , 1955a , b ) worked out many anatomical details of this species and considered P. ferricolus an eryopiform (in modern parlance). Basing his work largely on Eryops megacephalus , he traced in ink what he considered sutures on the roughly prepared adult skull...
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Journal Article
Published: 01 May 2002
Journal of Paleontology (2002) 76 (3): 529–545.
... Eryops material is generally assigned to E. megacephalus . Case (1908) described a dorsal vertebra, a caudal neural spine, and three ribs collected in the Upper Pennsylvanian Missourian Conemaugh beds at Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. He assigned these fossils to the genus Eryops . Romer (1952) later...
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Journal Article
Published: 29 April 2003
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (2003) 40 (4): 483–498.
... . Kirtlandia , 1969 : 1 – 20 . Sawin H.J. 1941 . The cranial anatomy of Eryops megacephalus . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology , Harvard, 88 : 407 – 463 . Schoch R.R. Milner A.R. 2000 . Stereospondyli . Handbuch der Palëoherpetologie , Tiel 3B, Verlag Dr Friedrich...
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