Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Edaphosauridae
Full reference: S. W. Williston and E. C. Case. 1913. A description of Edaphosaurus Cope. Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrates from New Mexico. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181:71-81
Belongs to Edaphosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Reisz 1986 and Williston and Case 1913
Sister taxa: Edaphosaurus boanerges, Edaphosaurus claviger, Edaphosaurus colohistion, Edaphosaurus credneri, Edaphosaurus cruciger, Edaphosaurus microdus, Edaphosaurus pogonias
Type specimen: CNHM (FMNH) UC 674, a partial skeleton (partial skull, vertebrae, limb and girdle elements, ribs). Its type locality is Arroyo del Agua type locality of Edaphosaurus novomexicanus, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: New Mexico collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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