Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.): Wolfcampian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Urocordylidae
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Sauropleura bairdi n. sp.
Carroll et al. 1998
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Carroll et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MCZ 3443 (Holotype: snout region, including anterior rim of orbits, of a large individual preserved in the round.) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Trematopidae
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Acheloma pricei n. sp.
Olson 1941
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Sander 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| recombined as Phonerpeton pricei | ||||||||||
| see Olson (1941). MCZ 1419 (Holotype: skull). Discovered in Archer City bonebed 1 (Sander, 1989; Dilkes, 1990) | ||||||||||
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Acheloma cumminsi
Cope 1882
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Sander 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| see Olson, 1941 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Dissorophidae
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Parioxys bolli n. sp.
Carroll 1964
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Schoch and Milner 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 7118 (Holotype: partial postcranial skeleton) | ||||||||||
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Broiliellus brevis n. sp.
Carroll 1964
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Carroll 1964 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MCZ 1424 (Holotype: skull (length 5.6cm) and partial postcranial skeleton) and MCZ 3272 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Micropholidae
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Pasawioops cf. mayi
Fröbisch and Reisz 2008
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Maddin et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MCZ 1415, skull; from "Gully #80" | ||||||||||
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Tersomius texensis
Case 1910
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Maddin et al. 2013 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MCZ 1912, skull | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Nanobamus macrorhinus n. gen., n. sp.
Schoch and Milner 2014
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Schoch and Milner 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCLA-VP 3686 (Holotype: skull 2cm in length) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Zatracheidae
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Zatrachys serratus
Cope 1878
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Sander 1989 | |||||||||
| "fragments" | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Eryopidae
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Eryops megacephalus
Cope 1877
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Sander 1989 | |||||||||
| "fragments" | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Neldasaurus wrightae
Chase 1965
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Chase 1965 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| MCZ 1436 (poorly preserved remains of skull and postcranial elements of at least two individuals) | ||||||||||
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Ophiacodontidae
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Ophiacodon retroversus
(Cope 1878)
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Romer and Price 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCZ 1426 | ||||||||||
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Theropleura uniformis n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1878
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Romer and Price 1940 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
| recombined as Ophiacodon uniformis | ||||||||||
| AMNH 4143 (1148) (neotype); "from an undefined Wichita locality"; MCZ 1366 | ||||||||||
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Ophiacodon uniformis
(Cope 1878)
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Romer and Price 1940 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCZ 1413; "possibly representing a smaller species" | ||||||||||
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Varanopidae
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Apsisaurus witteri n. gen., n. sp.
Laurin 1991
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Laurin 1991 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCZ 1474 (type); specimen referred to as "undescribed romeriid" by Clark & Carroll (1973) without specification of locality | ||||||||||
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Sphenacodontidae
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Dimetrodon milleri n. sp.
Romer 1937
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MCZ 1365 (type) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Bolosauridae
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Bolosaurus striatus
Cope 1878
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Sander 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Captorhinidae
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Romeria texana n. gen., n. sp.
Price 1937
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Price 1937 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| MCZ 1480 (type) | ||||||||||
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Pantylidae
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Pantylus cordatus
Cope 1881
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Carroll 1968 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MCZ 3302 (anterior portion of skeleton articulated with skull) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Archeria crassidisca
(Cope 1884)
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Sander 1989 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| vertebrae; see Romer 1951 | ||||||||||
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Dissorophus augustus n. sp.
Carroll 1964
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Carroll 1964 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| replaced by Diploseira angusta | ||||||||||
| MCZ 1695 (Holotype: partial skeleton) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Archer |
| Coordinates: | 33.6° North, 98.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.8° North, 28.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Cisuralian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Wolfcampian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 298.90000 - 286.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wichita | Formation: | Archer City | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The former Putnam Formation corresponds to the upper part of the Archer City Formation (see Fig. 2 in Sander, 1989) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Locality IIIf (Romer & Price, 1940) | ||
| Database number: | 79162 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Mueller, R. Butler, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | J. Dummasch, T. Liebrecht, B. Allen, E. Dunne |
| Modifier: | E. Dunne | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-27 01:50:27 | Last modified: | 2016-02-12 05:36:45 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-02-27 01:50:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43845. | A. S. Romer. 1937. New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16:89-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 59694 | R. L. Carroll. 1964. Early evolution of the dissorophid amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131:161-250 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] | |
| 60212 | R. L. Carroll. 1968. The postcranial skeleton of the Permian microsaur Pantylus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 46:1175-1192 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] | |
| 55379 | R. L. Carroll, K. A. Bossy, A. C. Milner, S. M. Andrews, and C. F. Wellstead. 1998. Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae. 1-216 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/E. Dunne] | |
| 58054 | J. N. Chase. 1965. Neldasaurus wrightae, a new rhachitomous labyrinthodont from the Texas Lower Permian. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 133:153-225 [R. Butler/E. Dunne] | |
| 28415 | J. Clark and R. L. Carroll. 1973. Romeriid reptiles from the Lower Permian. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144(5):353-407 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Carrano] | |
| 28920 | M. Laurin. 1991. The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of diapsid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101(1):59-95 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 67452 | H. C. Maddin, N. B. Fröbisch, D. C. Evans and A. R. Milner. 2013. Reappraisal of the Early Permian amphibamid Tersomius texensis and some referred material . Comptes Rendus Palevol 12:447-461 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] | |
| 26570 | L.I. Price. 1937. Two new cotylosaurs from the Permian of Texas. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16:97-102 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch] | |
| 27105 | R. R. Reisz. 1986. Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A:1-102 [J. Mueller/J. Dummasch/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 5692 | A. S. Romer and L. I. Price. 1940. Review of the Pelycosauria. Geological Society of America Special Paper 28:1-538 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 5743 | ETE 1500 | P. M. Sander. 1989. Early Permian Depositional Environments of Pond Bonebeds in Central Archer County, Texas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 69:1-21 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/E. Dunne] |
| 57795 | R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I. [R. Butler/E. Dunne/E. Dunne] |