Dimetrodon occidentalis Berman 1977 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae

Full reference: D. S. Berman. 1977. A New Species of Dimetrodon (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from a Non-Deltaic Facies in the Lower Permian of North-Central New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):108-115

Belongs to Dimetrodon according to Berman 1977

Sister taxa: Dimetrodon angelensis, Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon macrospondylus, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon natalis, Dimetrodon teutonis

Type specimen: CM 26565, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is UCMP 39179, Jemez Canyon (Abo Formation), which is in a Wolfcamp fluvial shale/sandstone in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Wolfcamp of United States (3: New Mexico collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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