Baeotherates
| Baeotherates Temporal range: Early Permian, 289 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Captorhinidae May & Cifelli, 1998 |
| Genus: | †Baeotherates May & Cifelli, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| †Baeotherates fortsillensis May & Cifelli, 1998 | |
Baeotherates is an extinct genus of Early Permian captorinid known from Oklahoma of the USA.[1]
Description
Baeotherates is known from the holotype OMNH 55758, a right mandible (dentary). It was collected within the Dolese Brothers Limestone Quarry of Richard's Spur in Comanche County, Oklahoma and found in the Garber Formation of the Sumner Group, which dates to the middle Sakmarian stage of the Early Permian, about 289 ± 0.68 million years ago.[1][2]
Etymology
Baeotherates was first named by W. J. May and Richard L. Cifelli in 1998 and the type species is Baeotherates fortsillensis. The generic name means "small hunter". The specific name named after the military base Fort Sill near the type locality.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 W. J. May and Richard L. Cifelli (1998). "Baeotherates fortsillensis, A New Captorhinid Reptile from the Fort Sill Fissures, Lower Permian of Oklahoma". Oklahoma Geology Notes 58: 128–137.
- ↑ MacDougall, M. J.; Reisz, R. (2012). "A new parareptile (Parareptilia, Lanthanosuchoidea) from the Early Permian of Oklahoma". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (5): 1018. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.679757.
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