Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Alternative combination: Dimetrodon gigashomogenes
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1907. Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington 55:3-176
Belongs to Dimetrodon according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Case 1907 and Reisz 1986
Sister taxa: Dimetrodon angelensis, Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon macrospondylus, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon natalis, Dimetrodon occidentalis, Dimetrodon teutonis
Type specimen: FMNH 112, a set of postcrania (almost complete vertebral column plus pelvic elements). Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (14: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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