McCann Quarry: Leonardian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
OUSM ("unnumbered specimens")
Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Xenacanthus sp. Beyrich 1848
3 elements
OUSM 1-25-S17 (teeth)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae
9 specimens
OUSM 2-1-S11, 2-1-S15, 2-1-S16, 2-1-S23, 2-1-S24, 2-1-S25, 2-1-S26, 2-1-S28, 2-34-S1
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
1 individual
KU 348 (type) - Previously the holotype of Eryops willistoni, named by Moodies. Reassigned to E. megacephalus by Olson (1967)
9 specimens
OUSM 2-1-S2, 2-1-S19, 2-1-S20, 2-1-S21, 2-1-S22, 2-4-S1, 2-4-S13, 2-34-S3, 6-4-S2
Amphibia - Diplocaulidae
1 individual
OUSM 2-1-S10
Reptilia - Captorhinidae
Heaton 1979 7 individuals
OUSM 15020A (formerly 3-1-S4), 15020B (3-0-S5), 15021 (3-1-S8), 15023 (3-4-S6), 15024 (3-1-S6), 15025 (3-34-S3), 15027 (3-0-S3), 15101 (3-0-S4), 15102 (3-1-S3)
Heaton 1979 1 individual
OUSM 15022 (formerly 3-1-S7) (type)
Edaphosauridae
3 elements
OUSM 4-35-S2, 4-35-S4
Sphenacodontidae
5 specimens
OUSM 4-0-S29, 4-1-S6, 4-1-S7, 4-7-S3, 4-35-S1
unclassified
Archeria victori n. sp. Stovall 1948
1 individual
OMNH 04176 (UOM 2-1-S8) (type); numbers of additional specimens listed by Olson (1967 p. 103) are identical to those of T. insignis or E. megacephalus
Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae
4 elements
OUSM ("unnumbered palatal tooth plates")
Johnson and Zidek 1981
FMNH UF 1027-1030
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Kay
Coordinates: 36.7° North, 97.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.6° North, 27.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 2
Key time interval: Leonardian
Age range of interval: 286 - 274.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Sumner Formation:Wellington Member:McCann Sandstone
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification",coarse,red or brown sandstone
Secondary lithology:planar lamination,gray,yellow sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-deltaic indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: "predominantly nearshore [...], in part marine" (Olson, 1967)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Along with the bone fragments are abundant conchostracans, called Estheria by Gould (1900). Few remains of plants have been found." Olson (1967)
Metadata
Also known as:"McCaren quarry"; Nardin site, Eddy site, OMNH locality V128
Database number:79815
Authorizer:J. Mueller Enterer:J. Dummasch, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-03-25 08:23:11 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2011-03-25 08:23:11
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
28557. E. C. Olson. 1967. Early Permian Vertebrates. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 74:1-111 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

28362 M. J. Heaton. 1979. Cranial Anatomy of Primitive Captorhinid Reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 127:1-83 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
26840 M. J. Heaton and R.R. Reisz. 1980. A skeletal reconstruction of the early Permian captorhinid reptile Eocaptorhinus laticeps (Williston). Journal of Paleontology 54(1):136-143 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch]
28563 G. D. Johnson and J. Zidek. 1981. Late Paleozoic Phyllodont Tooth Plates. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):524-536 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]