Eoherpeton

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

Eoherpeton Temporal range: Late Visean to Namurian 346–313 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull

Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Order:	†Embolomeri
Family:	†Eoherpetontidae Panchen, 1980
Genus:	†Eoherpeton Panchen, 1975
Species
E. watsoni (type)

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]

References

^ Smithson, T.R. (1985). "The morphology and relationships of the Carboniferous amphibian Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (4): 317–410. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01517.x.
^ Porro, Laura B.; Martin-Silverstone, Elizabeth; Rayfield, Emily J. (2024-02-02). "Descriptive anatomy and three-dimensional reconstruction of the skull of the tetrapod Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen, 1975 from the Carboniferous of Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1–21. doi:10.1017/S175569102300018X. ISSN 1755-6910.

Tetrapodomorpha (Pan-Tetrapoda)

see Gnathostomata
Tetrapodomorpha	see below↓

†Howittichthys? †Livoniana †Panderichthys †Parapanderichthys †Qikiqtania †Rubrognathus †Tiktaalik
Stegocephali (Tetrapoda sensu lato)	see below↓

†Acanthostega †Brittagnathus †Densignathus †Elpistostege? †Hynerpeton †Ichthyostega †Jakubsonia †Metaxygnathus †Parmastega †Sinostega †Tiktaalik? †Tulerpeton †Tutusius †Umzantsia †Ventastega †Ymeria
†Elginerpetontidae	Elginerpeton Obruchevichthys Webererpeton