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Abo/Cutler, New Mexico, USA

Formation	Abo/Cutler
Age:	296 - 268 Ma Permian
Interval	Wolfcamp
Tectonic Setting	Non-subsiding area
Lithology	shale/sandstone, siltstone, sandstone/conglomerate, claystone/sandstone, siltstone/sandstone
Number of Collections	13
Number of Occurrences	48

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
UCMP 39179	Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
UCMP V-2814	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Arroyo del Agua type locality of Edaphosaurus novomexicanus	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Baldwin bonebed	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
AMNH ?	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Miller Bonebed	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Poleo Creek	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Rio Puerco	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
NE Arroyo de Agua	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
SE Arroyo de Agua	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
NE Socorro	Socorro County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Rito Puerco	Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler
Jemez River	Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA	Abo/Cutler

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Cutler	296 - 268 Ma Permian	siltstone, conglomerate/sandstone, sandstone/conglomerate, "siliciclastic", "siliciclastic"/conglomerate	63

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Diadectes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : *Diadectes*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Diadectes lentus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : Diadectes : *Diadectes lentus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Diadectes zenos species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae : Diadectes : *Diadectes zenos*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Diadectidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Diadectidae	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Edaphosaurus novomexicanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae : Edaphosaurus : *Edaphosaurus novomexicanus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Oedaleops campi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Eothyrididae : Oedaleops : *Oedaleops campi*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Limnoscelis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Limnoscelidae : *Limnoscelis*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Ophiacodon mirus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Ophiacodon : *Ophiacodon mirus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Dimetrodon occidentalis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Dimetrodon : *Dimetrodon occidentalis*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Sphenacodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : *Sphenacodon*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Sphenacodon ferocior species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae : Sphenacodon : *Sphenacodon ferocior*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Sphenacodon ferox species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Sphenacodontidae : Sphenacodon : *Sphenacodon ferox*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Sphenacodontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sphenacodontidae	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Aerosaurus wellesi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Varanopsidae : Aerosaurus : *Aerosaurus wellesi*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Archeria sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Archeriidae : *Archeria*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Diplocaulus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : *Diplocaulus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Tetrapoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Austrobrachyops : Tetrapoda	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Embolomeri suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Embolomeri	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Chenoprosopus milleri species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Cochleosauridae : Chenoprosopus : *Chenoprosopus milleri*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Aspidosaurus novomexicanus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Dissorophidae : Aspidosaurus : *Aspidosaurus novomexicanus*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Conjunctio multidens species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Conjunctio : *Conjunctio multidens*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic
Ctenosaurus rugosus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Dissorophidae : Platyhystrix : *Ctenosaurus rugosus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Eryops sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : *Eryops*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Eryops grandis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : Eryops : *Eryops grandis*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Onchiodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Eryopidae : *Onchiodon*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Trimerorhachis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : *Trimerorhachis*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Trimerorhachis sandovalensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Trimerorhachidae : Trimerorhachis : *Trimerorhachis sandovalensis*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Zatrachys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Zatracheidae : *Zatrachys*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Zatrachys serratus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Zatracheidae : Zatrachys : *Zatrachys serratus*	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Reptilia class	3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Captorhinidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae	296.4 - 268 Ma Permian
Rhiodenticulatus heatoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Captorhinidae : Rhiodenticulatus : *Rhiodenticulatus heatoni*	303.4 - 268 Ma Paleozoic

References

Case E. C., Williston S. W. (1913) Description of a nearly complete skeleton of Diasparactus zenos Case, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181, 17-35

Williston S. W., Case E. C. (1913) A Description of Edaphosaurus Cope. In E. C. Case et al. Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrates from New Mexico, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181, 71-81

Mehl M. G. (1913) A Description of Chenoprosopus milleri gen. et sp. nov, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181, 11-16

Romer A. S. (1937) New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles, Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16, 89-95

Romer A. S., Price L. I. (1940) Review of the Pelycosauria, Geological Society of America Special Paper 28, 1-538

Langston W. (1952) The first embolomerous amphibians from New Mexico, Journal of Geology 61 1, 68-71

Langston W. (1965) Oedaleops campi (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) New Genus and Species from the Lower Permian of New Mexico, and the Family Eothyrididae, Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 9, 1-47

Langston W. (1966) Limnosceloides brachycoles (reptilia: Captorhinomorpha), a new species From the Lower Permian of New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 40 3, 690-695

Panchen A. L. (1970) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 5 / Part 5 Batrachosauria Teil A / Part A Anthracosauria, 1-84

Clark J., Carroll R. L. (1973) Romeriid Reptiles from the Lower Permian, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144 5, 353-407

Berman D. S. (1977) A New Species of Dimetrodon (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from a Non-Deltaic Facies in the Lower Permian of North-Central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 51 1, 108-115

Berman D. S., Reisz R. (1980) A new species of Trimerorhachis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Lower Permian Abo Formation of New Mexico, with discussion of Permian faunal distributions in that state, Annals of Carnegie Museum 49 24, 455-485

Langston W., Reisz R. R. (1981) Aerosaurus wellesi, new species, a varanopseid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida: Pelycosauria) from the Lower Permian of New Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 1, 73-96

Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102

Berman D. S., Reisz R. R. (1986) Captorhinid reptiles from the Early Permian of New Mexico, with description of a new genus and species, Annals of Carnegie Museum 55, 1-28

Berman D. S. (1993) Lower Permian vertebrate localities of New Mexico and their assemblages, Vertebrate Paleontology of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2, 11-21

Lucas S. G., Harris S. K., et al (2005) Early Permian Vertebrate Assemblage and its Biostratigraphic Significance, Arroyo del Agua, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, 56th Field Conference Guidebook, Geology of the Chama Basin, 288-296

Kissel R. (2010) Morphology, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Diadectidae (Cotylosauria: Diadectomorpha), University of Toronto

Schoch R. R., Sues H.-D. (2013) A new dissorophid temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of north-central Texas, Comptes Rendus Palevol 12, 437-445 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2013.04.002

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