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Edaphosaurus novomexicanus
Taxonomy
Edaphosaurus novomexicanus was named by Williston and Case (1913). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UC 674, a partial skeleton (partial skull, vertebrae, limb and girdle elements, ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo del Agua type locality of Edaphosaurus novomexicanus, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Williston and Case p. 74 figs. 47-49 |
| 1930 | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Hay p. 58 |
| 1986 | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Reisz |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Williston and Case 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 303.70000 to 286.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (34761) | |
| Virgilian - Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (77412) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (type locality: 80770 181077) |