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LIST OF THE RICHARDS SPUR (FORT SILL)  TETRAPOD PALEOFAUNA

LEPOSPONDYLI

EUREPTILIA

SYNAPSIDA

PARAREPTILIA

DIADECTOMORPHA

ANTHRACOSAUROIDEA

TEMNOSPONDYLI

UNIDENTIFIED TETRAPODS

Stratigraphic chart of the lower Permian (partial)

Phylogenetic Relationships

Content updated April 24, 2006

 

RICHARDS SPUR ARAEOSCELID HUMERUS

Eureptilia

Diapsida-Araeoscelidae

 

 


Above: picture of a distal head of an araeoscelid  humerus in dorsal view, showing the bridge that unites the supinator process with the ectepicondyle, forming a distinct ectepicondylar foramen, as for Araeoscelis. From Richards Spur (Dolese Quarry), Comanche Co. Oklahoma. Lower Permian.

Abbreviations:  ec,  ectepicondile;   ecspb,  ectepicondyle-supinator process bridge;   en,  entepicondyle;  sp,  supinator process.