Ruthiromia elcobriensis Eberth and Brinkman 1983 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: D. A. Eberth and D. Brinkman. 1983. Ruthiromia elcobriensis, a New Pelycosaur from El Cobre Canyon, New Mexico. Breviora 474:1-26

Belongs to Ruthiromia according to D. A. Eberth and D. Brinkman 1983

See also Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 3150, a partial skeleton (articulated, partial vertebral column, pelvis and right hind limb plus disarticulated material including fragments of skull and jaw). Its type locality is El Cobre Canyon (Cutler Formation), which is in a Virgilian fluvial siliciclastic in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at El Cobre Canyon (Cutler Formation)

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