Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae
Synonym: Chenoprosopus lewisi Hook 1993
Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1913. A description of Chenoprosopus milleri gen. et sp. nov. Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrates from New Mexico. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181:11-16
Belongs to Chenoprosopus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Mehl 1913, Reisz et al. 2005, Schoch 2013 and Sequeira 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Chenoprosopus milleri: FMNH UC 670, a partial skull. Its type locality is Miller Bonebed, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.
- Chenoprosopus lewisi: USNM 437646, a skull. Its type locality is Shannon, Clay County, which is in a Virgilian/Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Markley Formation of Texas.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (6: New Mexico collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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