Euskelia

Euskelia is a clade of extinct Temnospondyl amphibians. Euskelia is a stem-based taxon including all temnospondyls more closely related to Eryops than to Parotosuchus.[1]

Euskelia
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian - Early Triassic, 307.1–249 Ma
Mounted skeleton of Cacops, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Euskelia
Yates and Warren, 2000
Superfamilies
Synonyms
  • Eryopia

References
  1. Yates, A. M.; Warren, A. A. (2000). "The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 128: 77–121. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00650.x.


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