Oradectes sanmiguelensis Lewis and Vaughn 1965

Osteichthyes - Cotylosauria - Diadectidae

Alternative combination: Diadectes sanmiguelensis

Full reference: G. E. Lewis and P. P. Vaughn. 1965. Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C:C1-C46

Belongs to Oradectes according to R. Kissel 2010

See also Lewis and Vaughn 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 2989, a partial skeleton (skull and fore limb). Its type locality is Placerville Locality 14, which is in a Wolfcamp fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic/conglomerate in the Cutler Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Placerville Locality 14

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