McCann Quarry: Leonardian, Oklahoma
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Paleoniscoidea indet.
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| OUSM ("unnumbered specimens") | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Platysomidae
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Sphaerolepis arctata
(Cope 1877)
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4 elements | |||||||||
| OUSM ("unnumbered palatal tooth plates") | ||||||||||
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= Platysomidae indet.
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Johnson and Zidek 1981 | |||||||||
| FMNH UF 1027-1030 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Eryopidae
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Eryops cf. megacephalus
Cope 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
| KU 348 (type) - Previously the holotype of Eryops willistoni, named by Moodies. Reassigned to E. megacephalus by Olson (1967) | ||||||||||
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Eryops megacephalus
Cope 1877
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| OUSM 2-1-S2, 2-1-S19, 2-1-S20, 2-1-S21, 2-1-S22, 2-4-S1, 2-4-S13, 2-34-S3, 6-4-S2 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Trimerorhachidae
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Trimerorhachis insignis
Cope 1878
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| OUSM 2-1-S11, 2-1-S15, 2-1-S16, 2-1-S23, 2-1-S24, 2-1-S25, 2-1-S26, 2-1-S28, 2-34-S1 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Diplocaulidae
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Diplocaulus sp.
Cope 1877
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1 individual | |||||||||
| OUSM 2-1-S10 | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Archeria victori n. sp.
Stovall 1948
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1 individual | |||||||||
| OMNH 04176 (UOM 2-1-S8) (type); numbers of additional specimens listed by Olson (1967 p. 103) are identical to those of T. insignis or E. megacephalus | ||||||||||
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Edaphosauridae
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Edaphosaurus sp.
Cope 1882
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3 elements | |||||||||
| OUSM 4-35-S2, 4-35-S4 | ||||||||||
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Sphenacodontidae
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Dimetrodon sp.
Cope 1878
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| OUSM 4-0-S29, 4-1-S6, 4-1-S7, 4-7-S3, 4-35-S1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Captorhinidae
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Eocaptorhinus laticeps
(Williston 1909)
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Heaton 1979 | 7 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Captorhinus laticeps | ||||||||||
| OUSM 15020A (formerly 3-1-S4), 15020B (3-0-S5), 15021 (3-1-S8), 15023 (3-4-S6), 15024 (3-1-S6), 15025 (3-34-S3), 15027 (3-0-S3), 15101 (3-0-S4), 15102 (3-1-S3) | ||||||||||
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Labidosaurus oklahomensis n. sp.
Seltin 1959
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Heaton 1979 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| synonym of Captorhinus laticeps | ||||||||||
| OUSM 15022 (formerly 3-1-S7) (type) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Xenacanthiformes
- Xenacanthidae
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Xenacanthus sp.
Beyrich 1848
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3 elements | |||||||||
| OUSM 1-25-S17 (teeth) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Kay |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 97.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.9° North, 26.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Leonardian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 286.10000 - 273.01000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sumner | Formation: | Wellington | Member: | McCann Sandstone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",coarse,red or brown sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination,gray,yellow sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | fluvial-deltaic indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: "predominantly nearshore [...], in part marine" (Olson, 1967) | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Along with the bone fragments are abundant conchostracans, called Estheria by Gould (1900). Few remains of plants have been found." Olson (1967) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | "McCaren quarry"; Nardin site, Eddy site, OMNH locality V128 | ||
| Database number: | 79815 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller | Enterer: | J. Dummasch, T. Liebrecht |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-25 08:23:11 | Last modified: | 2010-03-08 16:23:20 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-03-25 08:23:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28557. | E. C. Olson. 1967. Early Permian Vertebrates. Oklahoma Geological Survey Circular 74:1-111 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 28362 | M. J. Heaton. 1979. Cranial Anatomy of Primitive Captorhinid Reptiles from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian, Oklahoma and Texas. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Bulletin 127:1-83 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 26840 | M. J. Heaton and R.R. Reisz. 1980. A skeletal reconstruction of the early Permian captorhinid reptile Eocaptorhinus laticeps (Williston). Journal of Paleontology 54(1):136-143 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch] | |
| 28563 | G. D. Johnson and J. Zidek. 1981. Late Paleozoic Phyllodont Tooth Plates. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):524-536 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |