Sphenacodon britannicus von Huene 1908 (synapsid)

Amniota - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae

Alternative combination: Oxyodon britannicus

Belongs to Sphenacodon according to R. L. Paton 1974

See also Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: Sphenacodon ferocior, Sphenacodon ferox

Type specimen: GSM 22893 and 22894 (part and counterpart), a maxilla. Its type locality is Kenilworth, which is in an Asselian fluvial siliciclastic in the Kenilworth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kenilworth

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