Fig. 6: Paleogeographic distribution of the fossil taxa in Late Paleozoic Pangea. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Paleogeographic distribution of the fossil taxa in Late Paleozoic Pangea.

From: Permian hypercarnivore suggests dental complexity among early amniotes

Fig. 6

The amniotes Mesenosaurus, Oromycter, Opisthodontosaurus, Captorhinus, Delorhynchus, Colobomycter, and the stem amniote Seymouria were collected at the Dolese quarry, Richards Spur, Oklahoma, USA (red dot); the varanopid Watongia was found in Blaine County, Oklahoma (blue dot); the sphenacodontid Dimetrodon was collected at Briar Creek Bonebed, while Edaphosaurus was found at Hog Creek, Arroyo Formation, Clear Fork Group, Texas (orange and brown dots); the haptodontine and Haptodus were found at the Garnett Quarry, Anderson County, Kansas (white dot); Ennatosaurus is from the Moroznitsa locality, Mezen, Russia (black dot). Map illustrated by The PLATES Project, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin.

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