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Dimetrodon limbatus

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Clepsydrops limbatus was named by Cope (1877). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dimetrodon incisivus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Dimetrodon limbatus by Romer and Price (1940) and Reisz (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Clepsydrops limbatus Cope p. 196
1878Dimetrodon incisivus Cope p. 512
1878Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope p. 514
1881Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope pp. 80-82
1888Dimetrodon incisivus Cope p. 287
1888Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope p. 287
1888Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope p. 287
1902Clepsydrops limbatus Hay p. 431
1902Dimetrodon incisivus Hay p. 432
1902Dimetrodon rectiformis Hay p. 432
1902Dimetrodon semiradicatus Hay p. 432
1907Clepsydrops limbatus Case p. 39
1907Dimetrodon incisivus Case p. 43
1907Dimetrodon rectiformis Case p. 49
1907Dimetrodon semiradicatus Case p. 50
1911Dimetrodon incisivus Williston
1928Dimetrodon incisivus Perrier p. 3085
1930Dimetrodon incisivus Hay p. 55
1936Dimetrodon incisivus Romer p. 90
1940Dimetrodon limbatus Romer and Price
1986Dimetrodon limbatus Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
specieslimbatus()

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 limbatus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Dimetrodon incisivus Cope 1878 [synonym], Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope 1878 [synonym], Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available