Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Alternative combination: Clepsydrops macrospondylus
Synonym: Dimetrodon platycentrus Case 1907
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. Fifth contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of the Permian formation of Texas and the Indian Territory. Paleontological Bulletin 39:28-47
Belongs to Dimetrodon according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940
See also Case 1907, Cope 1884, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Reisz 1986
Sister taxa: Dimetrodon angelensis, Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon natalis, Dimetrodon occidentalis, Dimetrodon teutonis
Type specimens:
- Dimetrodon macrospondylus: AMNH 4012, a set of vertebrae (three sacrals and nine caudals). Its type locality is Tit Mountain, 21 (Belle Plains Formation), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial claystone/limestone in the Belle Plains Formation of Texas.
- Dimetrodon platycentrus: AMNH 4065, a set of vertebrae (partial vertebral column).
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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