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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

 

SULLIVAN ET AL. RICHARDS SPUR

NEW DISSOROPHOID

Temnospondyli-Dissorophoidea

    

             

Above: pictures in ventral and lateral view of the palatine bone with LEP (laterally exposed process of the palatine) showing the groove for articulation with the dorsal edge of maxilla (mg). From Richards Spur (Dolese Quarry), Comanche Co. Oklahoma. Lower Permian.

Abbreviaions:   mg, groove for the articulation with the dorsal edge of maxilla;  rp, replacement pit;  t, tusk;  vp, vomerine process.