NE Socorro (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Gallina Well

Where: Socorro County, New Mexico (34.2° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.0° N, 34.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion

Collected by D. S. Berman, R. R. Reisz

Primary reference: D. S. Berman and R. R. Reisz. 1986. Captorhinid reptiles from the Early Permian of New Mexico, with description of a new genus and species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 55:1-28 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85436: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 18.12.2008, edited by Emma Dunne

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Eryopidae
? Onchiodon sp. Geinitz 1861 tetrapod
 Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae
Trimerorhachis sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
CMNH specimen (fragmentary partial skull)
 Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae
Zatrachys sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod
CMNH specimen (fragmentary partial skull)
 Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Diplocaulus sp. Cope 1877 tetrapod
CMNH specimen (fragmentary partial skull)
Reptilia
 Eureptilia - Captorhinidae
Captorhinidae sp. Case 1911 eureptile
CM 41707
Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Sphenacodon sp. Marsh 1878 synapsid
 Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Diadectes sp. Cope 1878 tetrapod