Euconcordia
Name:
Euconcordia
(True harmony).
Phonetic: Yew-con-cor-de-ah.
Named By: R. R. Reisz, Y. Haridy &
J. M�ller - 2016.
Synonyms: Concordia cunninghami.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Eureptilia,
Captorhinidae.
Species: E. cunninghami
(type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: USA, Kansas.
Time period: Late Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Skull.
The
skull of Euconcordia was originally described as Concordia
in 2005.
However, it was later established that Concordia
had already been
used, so in 2016 the skull was renamed Euconcordia.
Whereas
concordia roughly translates from Latin to English as ‘harmony’,
Euconcordia would simply mean ‘true harmony’.
Euconcordia
lived in North America during the late Carboniferous
period. Although the body of Euconcordia is
unknown at the time of
writing, the genus has a reasonably well preserved skull, which was
roughly triangular when viewed from above with a broad base, just
like other captorhinids.
Further reading
- An early captorhinid reptile (Amniota, Eureptilia) from the
Upper Carboniferous of Hamilton, Kansas. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology. 25 (3): 561–568 - Johannes M�ller and
Robert R. Reisz - 2005.
- Euconcordia nom. nov., a replacement name
for the captorhinid
eureptile Concordia M�ller and Reisz, 2005 (non Kingsley,
1880), with new data on its dentition. - Vertebrate Anatomy
Morphology Palaeontology 3:1-6. - R. R. Reisz, Y. Haridy
& J. M�ller - 2016.
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