†Sphenacodon ferox Marsh 1878 (synapsid)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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