Delorhynchus
| Delorhynchus Temporal range: Early Permian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
| Genus: | †Delorhynchus Fox, 1962 |
| Type species | |
| †Delorhynchus priscus Fox, 1962 | |
Delorhynchus is an extinct genus of parareptile which existed in Oklahoma during the Early Permian period. It was found from the Early Permian fissure-fill deposits near Richards Spur in Comanche County, often referred to as the Fort Sill locality. This locality has yielded many other well preserved tetrapod fossils, including those of other parareptiles such as Bolosaurus, Colobomycter, and Microleter. It was first named by the paleontologist R. C. Fox in 1962 and the type species is Delorhynchus priscus.[1]
References
- ↑ Linda A. Tsuji; Johannes Muller; Robert R. Reisz (2010). "Microleter mckinzieorum gen. et sp. nov. from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma: the basalmost parareptile from Laurasia". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (2): 245–255. doi:10.1080/14772010903461099.