Little Bitter Creek (Permian of the United States)

Where: Taylor County, Texas (32.5° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.9° S, 33.6° W)

When: Moran Formation (Wichita Group), Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: A. S. Romer. 1942. Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes. American Journal of Science 240(3):216-228 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132657: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.08.2012, edited by Emma Dunne

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Cotylosauria -
Archeria sp. Case 1918 tetrapod
MCZ 2081
Chondrichthyes
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
"Anodontacanthus americanus" = Platyacanthus americanus
"Anodontacanthus americanus" = Platyacanthus americanus Hussakof 1911 elasmobranch
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus amblyxiphias Cope 1891 elasmobranch
MCZ 7199-8002