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Dimetrodon occidentalis was named in 1977 from New Mexico. [50] Its name means "western Dimetrodon" because it is the only North American species of Dimetrodon known west of Texas and Oklahoma. It was named on the basis of a single skeleton belonging to a relatively small individual.
The best source of Mississippian fossils in Oklahoma is the state's northeastern region. [2] During the Carboniferous, Oklahoma was a terrestrial environment characterized by vast river systems and accompanying deltas. These deltas were home to vast swamps responsible for leaving behind many coal deposits. [3]
The Texas and Oklahoma red beds are sedimentary rocks, mostly consisting of sandstone and red mudstone. [8] The red color of the rocks is due to the presence of ferric oxide . [ 9 ] The rocks were deposited during the early Permian in a warm, moist climate, [ 10 ] with seasonal periods of dry conditions.
Life restoration of the Permian synapsid (mammal precursor) Dimetrodon †Dimetrodon †Dimetrodon dollovianus †Dimetrodon limbatus – or unidentified comparable form †Dimetrodon loomisi †Dimetrodon macrospondylus †Diplocaulus – type locality for genus †Diplocaulus magnicornis †Diplograptus †Discitoceras
The former Lake Eucha State Park; owned and managed by the city of Tulsa since 2011; [5] Park is not actually on Lake Eucha Okmulgee Park: Okmulgee: 1,075 1963 Okmulgee Lake: The former Okmulgee State Park; owned and managed by the City of Okmulgee since 2015 Red Rock Canyon Park: Caddo: 310: 1956: Leased to the City of Hinton, Oklahoma in 2018 ...
A trio of three juvenile Diplocaulus in a burrow of eight (plus one juvenile Eryops) were found to have been partially eaten by the sail-backed synapsid Dimetrodon, which likely unearthed the amphibians during a drought. One of the three was killed with a bite to the head, taking part of its skull and portions of the brain, a fatal injury that ...
Tracks of Dimetrodon or a similar animal found on Prince Edward Island. The maxilla of Bathygnathus was found around 1845 in a community in the north of Prince Edward Island called French River. The bone was uncovered by a landowner named Donald McLeod in a layer of shale at the bottom of his well. [2]
Little Sahara State Park is located in northwest Oklahoma, south of Waynoka. The park offers over 1600 acres of rideable sand dunes ranging in height from 25 feet (7.6 m) to 75 ft (23 m). [ 3 ] [ a ] The tallest dunes, named "Competition Hill" and "Buttercup" are in the western and northwestern section of the dunes.