Pariotichus brachyops Cope 1878 (amniote)

Osteichthyes - Recumbirostra - Gymnarthridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:505-530

Belongs to Pariotichus according to R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill 1978

See also Cope 1878, Cope 1888, Gregory et al. 1956, Hay 1902 and Hay 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 4328, a partial skull. Its type locality is North Fork of the Little Wichita, 8, which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian terrestrial claystone in Texas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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