Vaughnictis smithae Lewis and Vaughn 1965 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Eothyrididae

Alternative combination: Mycterosaurus smithae

Full reference: G. E. Lewis and P. P. Vaughn. 1965. Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C:C1-C46

Belongs to Vaughnictis according to N. Brocklehurst et al. 2016

See also Lewis and Vaughn 1965 and Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 2985, a partial skeleton (partial skull, vertebrae + ribs, partial femur, partial tibia). Its type locality is Placerville Localities 11-13, which is in a Wolfcamp fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic/conglomerate in the Cutler Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (2: Colorado collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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