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Dimetrodon angelensis

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Dimetrodon angelensis was named by Olson (1962). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 362, a partial skeleton (skull, vertebrae, ulna), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality KV (San Angelo Fm.), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian floodplain shale/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Dimetrodon angelensis Olson
1986Dimetrodon angelensis Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
—SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
—Sphenacodontoidea
familySphenacodontidaeMarsh 1878
subfamilySphenacodontinae
genusDimetrodon
speciesangelensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dimetrodon angelensis Olson 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available