Eupelor

Eupelor
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 221.5–205.6 Ma
Left clavicular plate of ?Eupelor durus seen from the outer aspect (left) and the inner aspect (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Metoposauridae
Genus: Eupelor
Cope, 1868
Type species
Eupelor durus
Cope, 1868
Synonyms

Eupelor is a dubious genus of prehistoric amphibian belonging to the temnospondyl family Metoposauridae.[1][2][3] Fossils have been found in present-day Pennsylvania, within the Newark Supergroup, dating to the Late Triassic (Norian).[4]

Possible tooth AMNH 2333
  1. ^ Colbert, Edwin Harris; Imbrie, John (9 July 1956). "Triassic metoposaurid amphibians". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 110 (6): 399–452. hdl:2246/431.
  2. ^ Chowdhury, T. Roy; Mahalanobis, Prasanta Chandra (1965-11-18). "A new metoposaurid amphibian from the upper Triassic Maleri formation of Central India". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 250 (761): 1–52. Bibcode:1965RSPTB.250....1C. doi:10.1098/rstb.1965.0019.
  3. ^ Sulej, Tomasz (2002). "Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 47 (3): 535–546.
  4. ^ von Huene, F., 1921 - Reptilian and stegocephalian remains from the Triassic of Pennsylvania in the Cope Collection. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 44, article 19.