Eoscopus fossil map
Where fossils of Eoscopus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early tetrapods & amphibians |
|---|---|
| Lived | 303.7–298.9 million years ago (Gzhelian) |
| Periods | Carboniferous |
| Named by | Daly 1994 |
| Fossil records | 1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States |
| Rock formations | Calhoun Shale |
About Eoscopus
Eoscopus is an extinct monospecific genus of amphibamiform temnospondyl that is probably in the dissorophoid family Micropholidae. It is known from Hamilton Quarry, a Pennsylvanian lagerstätte near Hamilton, Kansas.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eoscopus (revision 1376267768), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5381888.
