Eocyclotosaurus
Name:
Eocyclotosaurus
(dawn round eared lizard).
Phonetic: E-o-cy-clot-o-sore-us.
Named By: Ortlam - 1970.
Synonyms: Moenkopisaurus, Stenotosaurus
lehmani.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli, Mastodonsauroidea, Heylerosauridae.
Species: E. woschmidti
(type), E. appetolatus, E. lehmani, E.
appetolatus.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Skull 22 centimetres long, total body
length about 1 meter long.
Known locations: England - Otter Sandstone
Formation. USA, Arizona - Moenkopi Formation (Holbrook
Member).
Time period: Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: At least one skull.
Eocyclotosaurus is a genus of amphibian predator that lived in both North America and the British Isles during the early Triassic. With a long snout and a mouth full of sharp teeth, Eocyclotosaurus would have hunted for fish and small amphibians in the water. Eocyclotosaurus directly translates as ‘dawn rounded eared lizard’, however this is also a reference to the similar genus Cyclotosaurus that lived later in the Triassic.
Further reading
- The status and osteology of two new cyclotosaurid amphibians from
the Upper Moenkopi Formation of Arizona (Amphibia: Temnospondyli;
Middle Triassic). - Neues Jahrbuch f�r Geologie und
Pal�ontologie Abhandlungen 216(3):387-411. - R. R.
Schoch - 2000.
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