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Cacops is an extinct genus of dissorophid amphibians that is known from the Early Permian of Texas. It was about 40 cm (16 inches) long, with a heavily built skull and an enormous otic notch enclosed with a bony bar; indicating an enormous eardrum. Edwin Colbert suggests that perhaps it was a nocturnal animal like modern frogs. 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.

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  • Cacops is an extinct genus of dissorophid amphibians that is known from the Early Permian of Texas. It was about 40 cm (16 inches) long, with a heavily built skull and an enormous otic notch enclosed with a bony bar; indicating an enormous eardrum. Edwin Colbert suggests that perhaps it was a nocturnal animal like modern frogs. 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.
  • American paleontologist Samuel Wendell Williston used the details of the species Cacops aspidephorus to first describe its features. However, because of the poor preservation of specimens collected from the Cacops Bone Bed in Texas, other researchers who collected specimens from other localities have described many of Cacops’ features with more certainty.
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  • Cacops
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  • Cacops aspidephorus skeleton.
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  • * C. aspidephorus
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  • Cacops
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  • Cacops is an extinct genus of dissorophid amphibians that is known from the Early Permian of Texas. It was about 40 cm (16 inches) long, with a heavily built skull and an enormous otic notch enclosed with a bony bar; indicating an enormous eardrum. Edwin Colbert suggests that perhaps it was a nocturnal animal like modern frogs. 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.
  • American paleontologist Samuel Wendell Williston used the details of the species Cacops aspidephorus to first describe its features. However, because of the poor preservation of specimens collected from the Cacops Bone Bed in Texas, other researchers who collected specimens from other localities have described many of Cacops’ features with more certainty.
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