Edopoidea
Edopoidea is a clade of primitive temnospondyl amphibians including the genus Edops and the family Cochleosauridae. Edopoids are known from the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian of North America and Europe, and the Late Permian of Africa. They are among the most basal temnospondyls, and possess a number of primitive features that were lost in later members of the group.
Description
Edopoids are relatively large temnospondyls, with many species estimated to have grown several meters in length. The skull of Edops is broad while those of cochleosaurids are narrower and elongated. Distinguishing features of edopoids include the presence of an intertemporal bone that is absent in all other temnospondyls, and the lack of a pineal foramen, a small hole on the skull roof of many early tetrapods (young individuals still possess this hole). Relative to other temnospondyls, edopoids also have enlarged premaxillae, maxillae, and nasal bones in the snout region, which constrict the nostrils to small holes and push them to the sides of the skull. Most edopoids lacked grooves in the skull called sensory sulci, which presumably supported a lateral line system in other temnospondyls. The lack of sensory sulci suggests that most edopoids were adapted to terrestrial lifestyles, as lateral lines are characteristic of aquatic animals. Nigerpeton is the only edopoid to possess sensory sulci, but only in its adult form. The skulls of edopoids have only one occipital condyle connecting them to the vertebrae of the neck, whereas more derived temnospondyls have two occipital condyles.
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An Era Of Treachery
by: AdeptTHIS WILL BE THE END OF YOU!
(Ladies and gentlemen, friends and foe’s,
this song goes out to all you fucking quitters out there)
How dare you stare at the ground when you
don’t even know which direction to go?
Are you really that anxious to drift life away,
and just give up on yourself?
You better dance to the beat of living.
Start taking control and take care of yourself.
Reach out for help if you’re falling,
We're in this together.
You’re in this alone.
Don't be proud enough to reach out for help.
She's on fire but her embers burn her bridges.
And she knows that she can’t walk on water.
Yet she tries.
For what is worse than to ask your friends for help.
And so she sinks to the bottom of the sea.
Burn out the eyes of the traitors face.
They have told their final line.
They have told their final line.
One more time we'll throw down our fucking fists.
To anyone who stand against us.
To anyone who disagree.
Stop chasing your shadow. You're in this alone.
You need to fight until your heart stops beating.
Don’t think for a second that you will be saved.
Hands down. It's over.
This is the end of everything.
And sure as hell i’m taking you with it.
I rather die with blood on my hands,
if my conscious is clean and my heart's been beating pure.
For what is living if you've already dead?
She's on fire but her embers burn her bridges.
And she knows that she can’t walk on water.
Yet she tries.
For what is worse than to ask your friends for help.
And so she sinks to the bottom of the sea.
We’re swimming and sinking,
We’re running and falling,
We’re breathing, not living,
We’re crashing down!
We hold the answers in our hearts
as we been singing times before.
We spend every breath to stand our ground