Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae

Synonyms: Archaeobelus vellicatus Cope 1877, Clepsydrops pedunculatus Cope 1877

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On fossil remains of Reptilia and fishes from Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(1):404-411

Belongs to Clepsydrops according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940

See also Case 1907, Cope 1877, Cope 1877, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: Clepsydrops magnus, Clepsydrops vinslovii

Type specimens:

• Clepsydrops collettii: FMNH 6530, a set of vertebrae (one single dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.
• Archaeobelus vellicatus: FMNH 6524, a partial skeleton (maxillary fragment, fragmentary vertebrae and limb elements). Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.
• Clepsydrops pedunculatus: FMNH 6534, a set of vertebrae (one cervical and one caudal). Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danville Locality (Vertebrates)

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