Waurika Site 1 (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Waurika Locality

Where: Jefferson County, Oklahoma (34.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° N, 27.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leonardian (286.0 - 273.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray shale

• Ryan-Aspaltum Sandstone lies 40 feet above the shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. C. Olson. 1967. Early Permian Vertebrates. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 74:1-111 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180991: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 12.08.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Xenacanthus sp.
Xenacanthus sp. Beyrich 1848 elasmobranch
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Eryops cf. megacephalus
Eryops cf. megacephalus Cope 1877 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae
Trimerorhachis cf. insignis
Trimerorhachis cf. insignis Cope 1878 tetrapod
 Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Diplocaulus cf. magnicornis
Diplocaulus cf. magnicornis Cope 1882 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Edaphosauridae
Edaphosaurus boanerges
Edaphosaurus boanerges Romer and Price 1940 synapsid
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Dimetrodon limbatus
Dimetrodon limbatus Cope 1877 synapsid
 Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Ophiacodon retroversus
Ophiacodon retroversus Cope 1878 ophiacodont
 Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Diadectes sp.
Diadectes sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
 Cotylosauria -
Archeria sp.
Archeria sp. Case 1918 tetrapod