Keats, Riley County: Sakmarian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Eobrachyopidae
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Acroplous vorax n. gen., n. sp.
Hotton 1959
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| KUVP 9822 (Holotype: partially disarticulated skull and postcranial elements. Described by Englehorn et al., 2008), 28352 (Described by Coldiron 1978), 28354, 28365, 28366, 55514, 71209, and USNM 22528. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Riley |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 96.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.3° North, 26.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| Stage: | Sakmarian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Sakmarian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 293.52000 - 290.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Council Grove | Formation: | Speiser Shale |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: KUVP collections | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179595 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-21 11:13:10 | Last modified: | 2018-01-24 10:44:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-21 11:13:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59481. | N. Hotton. 1959. Acroplous vorax, a new and unusual labyrinthodont amphibian from the Kansas Permian. Journal of Paleontology 33:161-178 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] |
Secondary references:
| 57795 | R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne] |