Seymouria baylorensis Broili 1904 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Seymouriamorpha - Seymouriidae

Synonym: Desmospondylus anomalus Williston 1910

Full reference: F. Broili. 1904. Permische Stegocephalen und Reptilien aus Texas. Palaeontographica 51:1-120

Belongs to Seymouria according to V. V. Bulanov 2003

See also Broili 1904, Bruner 1991, Carroll et al. 1972, Hay 1930 and Williston 1910

Sister taxa: Seymouria grandis, Seymouria sanjuanensis

Type specimens:

  • Seymouria baylorensis: AMNH 4342, a partial skull. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.
  • Desmospondylus anomalus: FMNH UC 664 and UC 665, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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