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LEPOSPONDYLI

EUREPTILIA

SYNAPSIDA

PARAREPTILIA

DIADECTOMORPHA

ANTHRACOSAUROIDEA

TEMNOSPONDYLI

UNIDENTIFIED TETRAPODS

Stratigraphic chart of the lower Permian (partial)

Phylogenetic Relationships

Content updated October 16, 2005

 

RICHARDS SPUR DIAPSID ARAEOSCELID?

Eureptilia-Diapsida-Araeoscelidae

 

 

Above: pictures of a maxilla fragment, in medial view, that could belong to a Diapsid for the presence of a distinct process that is the sutural surface for the palatine (plss), posteriorly to this process  the alveolar shelf become smooth and forms the lateral margin of the suborbital fenestra (msf). From Richards Spur (Dolese Quarry), Comanche Co. Oklahoma. Lower Permian

Abbreviations: lass, sutural surface for lacrimal;   msf, margin of suborbital fenestra;  plss, sutural surface for the palatine;