Proterogyrinus scheelei Romer 1970 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Proterogyrinidae

Synonym: Mauchchunkia bassa Hotton, III 1970

Full reference: A. S. Romer. 1970. A new anthracosaurian labyrinthodont, Proterogyrinus scheelei, from the Lower Carboniferous. Kirtlandia 10:1-16

Belongs to Proterogyrinus according to A. S. Romer 1970

See also Holmes 1984 and Hotton 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Proterogyrinus scheelei: CMNH 10950, a skeleton
  • Mauchchunkia bassa: USNM 22573, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Greer, which is in an Arnsbergian terrestrial shale in the Bluefield Formation of West Virginia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Greer (Carboniferous of West Virginia)

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