Name: Eoscansor
(Dawn climber).
Phonetic: E-oh-can-sor.
Named By: Spencer G. Lucas, Larry F.
Rinehart, Matthew D. Celeskey, Davis S. Berman & Amy
C. Henrici - 2022.
Classification: Chordata, Amniota, Varanopidae.
Species: E. cobrensis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: 24.5 centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, New Mexico - El Cobre
Canyon Formation.
Time period: Pennsylvanian of the Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeleton.
Eoscansor
is a genus of varanopid amniote that lived in North America during
the Carboniferous period.
Further reading
- A Scansorial Varanopid Eupelycosaur from the Pennsylvanian of New
Mexico. - Annals of Carnegie Museum. 87 (3): 167–205.
- Spencer G. Lucas, Larry F. Rinehart, Matthew D.
Celeskey, Davis S. Berman & Amy C. Henrici - 2022.