Caballo Mountains locality (Permian of the United States)

Also known as near Truth or Consequences

Where: Sierra County, New Mexico (33.1° N, 107.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 35.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Abo Formation, Wolfcampian (298.9 - 286.0 Ma)

• Stratigraphy comes from Vaughn (1969b)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Specimens are primarily housed at CMNH

Primary reference: D. S. Berman. 1993. Lower Permian vertebrate localities of New Mexico and their assemblages. In S. G. Lucas, J. Zidek (eds.), Vertebrate Paleontology of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2 11-21 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181037: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 15.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Diplocaulus sp. Cope 1877 tetrapod
vertebra
 Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae
Trimerorhachis sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Dimetrodon aff. limbatus Cope 1877 synapsid