Eogyrinidae

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Skull of Neopteroplax conemaughensis

• Europe
• North America

The Eogyrinidae family was a group of large, wasserbewohnenden amphibians of the Carboniferous. They are counted in the group of wasserbewohnenden Anthracosauria, the Embolomeri.

Is named their group after Eogyrinus, a well-known representatives of this group, which was found in England. Their way of life was probably more crocodile -like and dominated by the pursuit in the water. The Eogyrinidae inhabited the many swamp forests of the Carboniferous, where they mainly fed on the hunt for fish. They also reported anatomical similarities to today's crocodiles on, for example, the short legs, the size ( two to four meters from head to tail ), the long tail rudder, strong jaw and the good dentition.

Genera

• Calligenethlon
• Carbonoherpeton
• Diplovertebron
• Eogyrinus
• Leptophractus
• Neopteroplax
• Palaeoherpeton
• Pholiderpeton
• Pteroplax

Swell

• Helmut Werner: 1000 dinosaur. Naumann & Göbel Publisher MBG, ISBN 978-3-625-11519-9

• Land Vertebrates
• Tetrapoda
• Extinct vertebrate