†Kayentatherium wellesi Kermack 1982 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Tritylodontidae

Synonym: Nearctylodon broomi Lewis 1986

Full reference: D. M. Kermack. 1982. A new tritylodontid from the Kayenta formation of Arizona. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76:1-17

Belongs to Kayentatherium according to D. M. Kermack 1982

See also Lewis 1986, Sues 1986 and Sues et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Kayentatherium wellesi: UCMP 83671, a skull. Its type locality is San Bernale locality, Many Farms (UCMP loc. V6897), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
  • Nearctylodon broomi: USNM 317201, a skeleton (Nearly complete articulated skeleton with skull and mandible). Its type locality is Comb Ridge, Lewis Quarry, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (4: Arizona collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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