Archaeovenator hamiltonensis Reisz and Dilkes 2003 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: R. R. Reisz and D. W. Dilkes. 2003. Archaeovenator hamiltonensis, a new varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper Carboniferous of Kansas. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(4):667-678

Belongs to Archaeovenator according to R. R. Reisz and D. W. Dilkes 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KUVP 12483, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hamilton Quarry, which is in a Virgilian estuary/bay shale in the Calhoun Shale Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hamilton Quarry

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