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Dimacrodon hottoni

Anomodontia - Dimacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Dimacrodon hottoni was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 146, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality HA ("Lower San Angelo Fm."), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian fluvial claystone/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Dimacrodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Dimacrodon hottoni Olson and Beerbower p. 414 figs. 7D, E
1962Dimacrodon hottoni Olson pp. 87, 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
infraorderVenyukovioidea()
familyDimacrodontidae
genusDimacrodon
specieshottoni

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.

†Dimacrodon hottoni Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:20
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:20
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Dimacrodon hottoni (type locality: 79694)