Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:505-530
Parent taxon: Sphenacodontinae according to D. S. Berman 1977
See also Berman et al. 2001, Carroll 1988, Case 1907, Cope 1878, Cope 1888, Daly 1973, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Martens et al. 2005, Olson 1966, Perrier 1928, Reisz 1986 and Romer 1936
Sister taxa: Bathygnathus, Ctenospondylus, Macromerion, Neosaurus, Sphenacodon
Subtaxa: Dimetrodon angelensis Dimetrodon booneorum Dimetrodon borealis Dimetrodon dollovianus Dimetrodon giganhomogenes Dimetrodon grandis Dimetrodon limbatus Dimetrodon loomisi Dimetrodon macrospondylus Dimetrodon milleri Dimetrodon natalis Dimetrodon occidentalis Dimetrodon teutonis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Prince Edward Island collection), Germany (1), United States (80: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 82 collections including 94 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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