Eothyris
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| Eothyris Temporal range: Early Permian |
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| life restoration of Eothyris parkeyi, body shape is conjectural since only the skull is known | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Synapsida |
| Order: | Pelycosauria |
| Suborder: | Caseasauria |
| Family: | Eothyrididae |
| Genus: | Eothyris |
| Species: | E. parkeyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eothyris parkeyi (Romer, 1937) |
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Eothyris is an extinct genus of the family Eothyrididae. It was an insectivorous synapsid. It was closely related to Oedaleops.
[edit] Discovery and species
Only one species is known, Eothyris parkeyi (Romer), from a single skull, found in the Belle Plains Formation in Texas. It belongs to the Artinskian age of the Early Permian.
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