Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1962. Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 52(2):1-224
Belongs to Dimetrodon according to Olson 1962
Sister taxa: Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon macrospondylus, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon natalis, Dimetrodon occidentalis, Dimetrodon teutonis
Type specimen: CNHM (FMNH) UR 362, a partial skeleton (skull, vertebrae, ulna). 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.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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