- Cacops
Taxobox
name = "Cacops"
fossil_range = EarlyPermian
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Cacops aspidephorus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Temnospondyli
unranked_familia =Euskelia
superfamilia =Dissorophoidea
familia =Dissorophidae
genus = "Cacops" "Cacops" was agenus of dissorophidamphibian s that is known from the Early Permian of Texas. It was about 40 cm (16 inches) long, with a heavily built skull and an enormousotic notch enclosed with a bony bar; indicating an enormouseardrum . Edwin Colbert suggests that perhaps it was a nocturnal animal like modernfrog s. The body was short, and the back was protected by a double row of armour plates. The legs were strong and indicate a terrestrial animal, and the tail was short.References
* Colbert, E. H., (1969), "Evolution of the Vertebrates", John Wiley & Sons Inc (2nd ed.)
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