Miller Bonebed (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Bone Quarry; Arroya de Agua; Poleo Creek

Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.2° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.6° N, 33.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "same horizon" as the Baldwin Bonebed (see coll. 80833)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, brown claystone and sandstone

• "hard, dark brown clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. W. Williston, E. C. Case, P. Miller in 1911

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical

• for details see Williston & Case (1913 p. 38, Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. 181)

Primary reference: R. R. Reisz. 1986. Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A:1-102 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85337: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 15.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Ophiacodon mirus Marsh 1878 ophiacodont
FMNH (WM) 671 (not 650 as stated in Williston & Case, 1913), 672 (not 651 or 652 as stated in Williston & Case, 1913)
Reptilia
  -
Puercosaurus obtusidens n. gen. n. sp.1
Puercosaurus obtusidens n. gen. n. sp.1 Williston 1916 reptile
FMNH 743
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae
Chenoprosopus milleri n. gen. n. sp.2
Chenoprosopus milleri n. gen. n. sp.2 Mehl 1913 tetrapod
FMNH UC 669, 670 (type)