Eryops

Eryops /ˈɛəri.ɒps/ meaning "drawn-out face" because most of its skull was in front of its eyes (Greek ἐρύειν, eryein = drawn-out + ὤψ, ops = face) is a genus of extinct, amphibious temnospondyls. It contains the single species Eryops megacephalus, the fossils of which are found mainly in early Permian (about 295 million years ago) rocks of the Texas Red Beds, located in Archer County, Texas. Fossils have also been found in late Carboniferous period rocks from New Mexico. Several complete skeletons of Eryops have been found in lower Permian rocks, but skull bones and teeth are its most common fossils.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Amphibians
Category:Carboniferous temnospondyls of North America
Category:Cisuralian temnospondyls of North America
Category:Pennsylvanian first appearances
Category:Cisuralian genus extinctions
Category:Eryopids
Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1887
Category:Prehistoric amphibian genera