Xyrospondylus ecordi Peabody 1957 (pelycosaur)

Osteichthyes - Pelycosauria

Alternative combination: Edaphosaurus ecordi

Full reference: F. E. Peabody. 1957. Pennsylvanian Reptiles of Garnett, Kansas: Edaphosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 31(5):947-949

Belongs to Xyrospondylus according to R. R. Reisz et al. 1982

See also Peabody 1957 and Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KUVP (KUMNH) 9963, a set of vertebrae (single dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Garnett Quarry, which is in a Missourian fine channel fill mudstone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Garnett Quarry

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