Osteophorus

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Osteophorus
Temporal range: Permian, 298.9–254.0  Ma [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Eryopidae
Genus: Osteophorus
Meyer, 1856
Type species
Osteophorus roemeri
Meyer, 1856

Osteophorus is an extinct genus of eryopoidean temnospondyl within the family Eryopidae. It is only known from the Permian of Poland. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "†Osteophorus Meyer 1856". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.