Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Full reference: D. S. Berman, R. R. Reisz, T. Martens and A. C. Henrici. 2001. A new species of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Germany records first occurrence of genus outside of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(5):803-812
Belongs to Dimetrodon according to D. S. Berman et al. 2001
See also Martens et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Dimetrodon angelensis, Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon macrospondylus, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon natalis, Dimetrodon occidentalis
Type specimen: MNG 10598, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Artinskian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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