Pecos River Valley Locality (Sangre de Cristo) (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Where: San Miguel County, New Mexico (34.6° N, 107.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.0° N, 36.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sangre de Cristo Formation, Gzhelian to Gzhelian (303.7 - 290.1 Ma)

• Sangre de Cristo Formation = Gzhelian - Sakmarian (Wellstead 1991)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 180989: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 12.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Dipnoi - Gnathorhizidae
Gnathorhiza sp.
Gnathorhiza sp. Cope 1883 lungfish
 Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Diadectes sp.
Diadectes sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
"large bones"
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Sphenacodon sp.
Sphenacodon sp. Marsh 1878 synapsid
"large bones"
 Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Ophiacodon sp.
Ophiacodon sp. Marsh 1878 ophiacodont
 Recumbirostra - Molgophidae
"Lysorophus sp." = Brachydectes
"Lysorophus sp." = Brachydectes Cope 1868 amniote
Amphibia
 Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Diplocaulus sp.
Diplocaulus sp. Cope 1877 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae
cf. Platyhystrix rugosus
cf. Platyhystrix rugosus Case 1910 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
Eryops sp.
Eryops sp. Cope 1877 tetrapod
Osteichthyes
 Aistopoda - Phlegethontiidae
Phlegethontia sp.
Phlegethontia sp. Cope 1871 tetrapod
Chondrichthyes
 Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Xenacanthus sp.
Xenacanthus sp. Beyrich 1848 elasmobranch