Here we have a outstanging predetory land reptile from Oklahoma.
Captorhinus is a early quite primitive Reptile that remind a little bit a lizard.
Typical for this Diapsid from the group of the Eureptilia are the typical ornamentation of the scull that shows combs like structures. Becaurde the sharp teeth it is plausible that Captorhinus aguti was a meet eating Carnivores.
The fossil site of “Richards Spur” delever the some of the best preserved reptile bone material of the Paleozoic. The Bone beds are in plastic clays and mudstones that have the age of the Arroyo Formation of Texas. Sometimes finds of the “Richards Spur” site is described as from the Arroyo Fm.. But that is not correct, in the literature are this beds called as “Arroyo-equivalent Strata”. The Fossils from Oklahoma are likely show a better preservation than the material from Texas. Captorinus is in this 3 dimensional preservation not known in fully articulated specimens. There are some finds that are articulated but these came from slates of the same age and does not show this level of details.
Also this specimen is a montage in which the bones were carefully collected and have been anatomically correct arranged. It is the same principle of preparation like on the big dinosaurs in the museums over the world.
This specimen shows a authentic image of embedding. The animal is along the vertebrates from the head to the tail about 410 mm long. Its skull is about 55 mm long. |
