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Eocyclotosaurus
Extinct genus of temnospondyls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eocyclotosaurus (Greek ‘èoos’ = dawn, ‘kyklos’ = circle, 'ous' = ear ) is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic (Anisian). The name Eocyclotosaurus means "dawn round-eared lizard".[1] It is characterized as a capitosauroid with a long and slender snout, closed otic fenestra, and small orbits.[2] It measured over one metre and had a 22 cm skull.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Family: | †Heylerosauridae |
Genus: | †Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam, 1970 |
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†E. woschmidti Ortlam, 1970 | |
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It lived between 247 and 242 million years ago in both North America, Germany, France and the British Isles during the early Triassic.[3][4]