near MacDale (Permian of the United States)

Where: Monongalia County, West Virginia (40.0° N, 80.7° W: paleocoordinates 0.6° N, 13.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Washington Limestone Member (Washington Formation), Wolfcampian (298.9 - 286.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Urban and D. S. Berman. 2007. First occurrence of the late Paleozoic amphibian Zatrachys serratus (Temnospondyli, Zatrachydidae) in the Eastern United States. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):157-164 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127110: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 25.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae
Zatrachys serratus Cope 1878 tetrapod
CM 25654, left posterior half of skull-roof table that includes the parietal, postparietal, postfrontal, postorbital, supratemporal, tabular, and partial squamosal