Sargon Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I've bought this toe bone on ebay last year. It comes from Lower Permian Wellington (Ryan) Formation, Jefferson co. Oklahoma. It was listed as Diadectes sp.. I was wondering if someone could confirm this identification. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Can't confirm ID but it sure is a nice little vert. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 nice little toe bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I think identifying isolated toe bones to a species is going to be very difficult just like it is with dinosaurs an area that I'm familiar with. Here is a picture of a foot from a Diadectes and there is some resemblances but there are probably other Permian reptiles that the same could be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 nice little toe bone. Duh, now I see it! I need to learn not to look at this forum pre-coffee! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinodigger Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Cooool! No way diadectid. It's a Dimetrodont. Way cool. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Cooool! No way diadectid. It's a Dimetrodont. Way cool. I was hoping you'd stop by! Carpal Dimetrodont! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Guys, I'm very excited! Are you positively sure it's a Dimetrodon?! Which morphological traits did you consider? Also, could you suggest me some good papers on Dimetrodon manus/pes? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I found this illustration - can you point to the exact bone for me, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 "Dimetrodontid"; this leaves a comfortable margin of uncertainty. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 "Dimetrodontid"; this leaves a comfortable margin of uncertainty. So basically, it looks like it might belong to a pelicosaur? Could it be something else - like Eryops or Archeria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I think that Dimetrodon sp. may be OK. Dinodigger knows these things upside-down and backwards. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 OK, thanx Auspex I'll wait for Dinodigger to explain me this in further detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 That's a nice piece! Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargon Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Thanx LordTrilobite. I have not been able to find a dimetrodont phalanx, but I've found this - a detailed view of an African cynodont phalanx. The penultimate phalanx (E-H) looks quite simmilar to my fossil in morphological details. What do you guys think? Edited December 21, 2015 by Sargon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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