Sphenacodon ferox Marsh 1878 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae

Synonym: Scoliomus puercensis Williston and Case 1913

Belongs to Sphenacodon according to R. R. Reisz 1986

See also Berman 1993, Case 1907, Hay 1902 and Hay 1930

Sister taxa: Sphenacodon britannicus, Sphenacodon ferocior

Type specimens:

  • Sphenacodon ferox: YP 806, a partial skull (dentary and maxillae). Its type locality is Baldwin bonebed, which is in a Wolfcamp terrestrial horizon in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.
  • Scoliomus puercensis:

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (8: New Mexico collections)

• Virgilian of United States (2: New Mexico)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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