Eusauropleura

Eusauropleura; Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Gephyrostegida
Family:	†Gephyrostegidae
Genus:	†Eusauropleura; Romer, 1930
Type species
	†Sauropleura digitata; Cope, 1868

Eusauropleura is an extinct

lepospondyl amphibian.^[3]

Eusauropleura is known from ribs and limb bones, but no skull is known. The

ossified pelvis.^[4] The hand has five fingers with a phalangeal count of 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, meaning there are 2 bones in the first finger, 3 in the second, 4 in the third, 5 in the fourth, and 4 in the fifth. Romer used the phalangeal count as evidence that E. digitata was distinct from Sauropleura, since lepospondyls like Sauropleura only have four fingers on each hand.^[3]

References

^ Hook, R.W.; Baird, D. (1988). "An overview of the Upper Carboniferous fossil deposit at Linton, Ohio" (PDF). The Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60.
^ "†Eusauropleura Romer 1930". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Romer, A.S. (1930). "The Pennsylvanian tetrapods of Linton, Ohio" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 59 (2): 144–147.
^ Carroll, R.L. (2009). "The Radiation of Carboniferous Amphibians". The Rise of Amphibians: 365 Million Years of Evolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–143.

[HB88-1] Hook, R.W.; Baird, D. (1988). "An overview of the Upper Carboniferous fossil deposit at Linton, Ohio" (PDF). The Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60.

[2] "†Eusauropleura Romer 1930". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[RAS30-3] Romer, A.S. (1930). "The Pennsylvanian tetrapods of Linton, Ohio" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 59 (2): 144–147.

[CRL09-4] Carroll, R.L. (2009). "The Radiation of Carboniferous Amphibians". The Rise of Amphibians: 365 Million Years of Evolution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–143.

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