Species: Lepospondyl Diplocaulus (possibly magnicornis).
Fossil: Multiple individuals including full skeletons, amongst burrows plus unrelated shed teeth.
Age: Red Beds (Wichita Group), Early Permian.
Location: North Texas, USA.
Stats: Diplocaulus adult up to 1 metre in length.
Dimetrodon adult range between 2 and 3.5 metres in length, depending on species.
Extra info: Bonebed contains a large number of dismembered Diplocaulus skeletons and evidence of burrows. It is thought that the amphibians burrowed into the mudbed to aestivate during the long dry season. The only intact skeletons were eight juvenile specimens in one communal burrow, with all curled around so that tail tip met snout. Evidence of predation is indicated in three individuals at the top of the cluster, all with the anterior end of the snout missing. Shed teeth are attributable to the apex predator Dimetrodon. It is hypothesised that after locating burrows, the predator dug down so that it could grab the immobile prey by the snout. Additionally a juvenile Eryops was also located nearby.
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