Ophiacodon hilli Romer 1925 (ophiacodont)

Amniota - Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae

Alternative combination: Winfieldia hilli

Full reference: A. S. Romer. 1925. An ophiacodont reptile from the Permian of Kansas. Journal of Geology 33(2):173-182

Belongs to Ophiacodon according to R. R. Reisz 1986

See also Hay 1930, Romer 1925 and Romer and Price 1940

Sister taxa: Ophiacodon major, Ophiacodon mirus, Ophiacodon navajovicus, Ophiacodon retroversus, Ophiacodon uniformis

Type specimen: FMNH (WM) 454, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Wildcat Canyon, which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian marine horizon in the Barneston Limestone Formation of Kansas.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Wildcat Canyon

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