Eoscopus [SEP] parent taxon
Eoscopus
Eoscopus is an extinct genus of dissorophoidean euskelian temnospondyl in the family Micropholidae. It is known from Hamilton Quarry, a Late Carboniferous lagerstätte near Hamilton, Kansas.
Members of Micropholidae were historically included in Amphibamidae, but Schoch (2019) recovered Amphibamidae as paraphyletic, necessitating resurrection of Micropholidae for "Micropholis" and closely related taxa.
See also.
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
to the maxilla. 
Phylogeny.
The phylogenetic relationships of "Plemmyradytes" are variably recovered by different authors. Huttenlocker et al. (2007) found "P. shintoni" to be the sister taxon of the micropholid "Micropholis stowi." Similar results were obtained by Bourget & Anderson (2011) when the character coding was left unchanged. Conversely, updated character coding resulted in "P. shintoni" being recovered as the sister taxon to "Eoscopus." Similarly, Fröbisch & Reisz (2008) recovered "P. shintoni