Lysorophus dunkardensis Romer 1952 (amniote)

Osteichthyes - Recumbirostra - Molgophidae

Belongs to Lysorophus according to Romer 1952

Sister taxon: Brachydectes newberryi

Type specimen: CM 8581, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Silver Hill, Proctor District, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial claystone in the Greene Formation of West Virginia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Ohio, West Virginia collections)

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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