Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Feeserpeton oklahomensis
Taxonomy
Feeserpeton oklahomensis was named by MacDougall and Reisz (2012). Its type specimen is OMNH 73541, a skull (a nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma. It is the type species of Feeserpeton.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
---|---|
2012 | Feeserpeton oklahomensis MacDougall and Reisz p. 1018 figs. 1-2 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Feeserpeton oklahomensis MacDougall and Reisz 2012
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
---|---|---|
M. J. MacDougall and R. Reisz 2012 | Parareptile characterized by its triangular skull, large postorbitals, but small squamosals, and the presence of large caniniform teeth on the maxilla and mandible that are at least twice as large as any of the other marginal teeth |
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
---|---|---|---|
Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Feeserpeton oklahomensis (type locality: 67862) |