Diplocaulus primus Olson 1970 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Nectridea - Diplocaulidae

Alternative combination: Peronedon primus

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1970. New and little known genera and species of vertebrates from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Fieldiana: Geology 18(3):359-434

Belongs to Diplocaulus according to A. C. Milner 1996

See also Haglund 1977 and Olson 1970

Sister taxa: Diplocaulus brevirostris, Diplocaulus copei, Diplocaulus magnicornis, Diplocaulus minimus, Diplocaulus parvus, Diplocaulus recurvatus, Diplocaulus salamandroides

Type specimen: CNHM (FMNH) UR 1234, a partial skeleton (skull, jaws, vertebrae, ribs, partial shoulder girdle, partial forelimbs). Its type locality is Norman, which is in a Kungurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/shale in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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