Eocyclotosaurus
| Eocyclotosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Clade: | †Capitosauria |
| Family: | †Heylerosauridae |
| Genus: | †Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| †E. woschmidti Ortlam, 1970 | |
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Eocyclotosaurus (Greek ‘èoos’ = dawn, ‘kyklos’ = circle, 'ous' = ear ) is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic (Anisian). The name Eocyclotosaurus means "dawn round-eared lizard". It is characterized as a capitosauroid with a long and slender snout, closed otic fenestra, and small orbits. It measured over one metre and had a 22 cm skull.
It lived between 247 and 242 million years ago in both North America, Germany, France and the British Isles during the early Triassic.