OMNH locality V114 (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Grant Co., OK

Where: Grant County, Oklahoma (36.8° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 26.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Garber Formation (Sumner Group), Leonardian (286.0 - 273.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. N. Smith

• All specimens apparently were collected by G. N. Smith as part of a M. S. thesis, written in 1927. Since then, many specimens were lost.

Primary reference: N. J. Czaplewski, R. L. Cifelli, and W. Langston. 1994. Catalog of type and figured fossil vertebrates, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 94-1:1-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87054: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 02.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae
"Pleuracanthus compressus" = Orthacanthus compressus
"Pleuracanthus compressus" = Orthacanthus compressus Newberry 1856 elasmobranch
OMNH 00416, tooth
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Pleuracanthus gracilis elasmobranch
OMNH 00425, occipital spine
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes -
Sphaerolepis arctata Cope 1877
OMNH 00260, dental plate
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Eryops megacephalus Cope 1877 tetrapod
OMNH 10030, single intercentrum
 Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae
Trimerorhachis sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
fragment of right lower jaw, no catalogue number given; specimen is missing
Reptilia
 Bolosauria - Bolosauridae
Bolosaurus striatus Cope 1878 parareptile
complete right dentary, no catalogue no. given
Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Dimetrodon sp. Cope 1878 synapsid
OMNH 00603, 15060-15062 + some unnumbered, missing elements; no elements are double, so not more than one individual might be represented
 Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Clepsydrops sp., "Poliosaurus uniformis" = Ophiacodon uniformis
Clepsydrops sp. Cope 1875 ophiacodont
neural spine and postzygapophyses; no catalogue no. given; specimen is missing
"Poliosaurus uniformis" = Ophiacodon uniformis Cope 1878 ophiacodont
no catalogue no. given; specimen is missing
 Dipnoi - Gnathorhizidae
Gnathorhiza serrata Cope 1883 lungfish
palatal plate, no catalogue number given; specimen is missing; originally identified as Gnathorhiza pusilla
 Dipnoi - Sagenodontidae
Sagenodus vinslovi lungfish
OMNH 00483, left palatal plate