A TEMNOSPONDYL HANDPRINT FROM THE UPPER PALEOZOIC OF THE MATZITZI FORMATION, MEXICO

Jorge A. Herrera-Flores; María Patricia  Velasco-de León

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.947

Authors

Jorge A. Herrera-Flores Colección de Paleontología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Dra. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.947

Keywords:

Tetrapoda, Amphibia, Temnospondyli, Permian, fossil track

Abstract

We report a natural cast of the left manus of an indeterminate temnospondyl, found in an outcrop of the Matzitzi Formation (Upper Permian) in the northwestern region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. This ichnite is the first record of temnospondyls for the country, as well as the southernmost record of this group in North America; additionally, this is the oldest known record of a tetrapod in Mexico.

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