Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Sphenacodontidae
Alternative combination: Clepsydrops natalis
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:505-530
Belongs to Dimetrodon according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940
See also Case 1907, Cope 1878, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Perrier 1928, Reisz 1986, Romer 1936 and Williston 1911
Sister taxa: Dimetrodon angelensis, Dimetrodon booneorum, Dimetrodon borealis, Dimetrodon dollovianus, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, Dimetrodon grandis, Dimetrodon limbatus, Dimetrodon loomisi, Dimetrodon macrospondylus, Dimetrodon milleri, Dimetrodon occidentalis, Dimetrodon teutonis
Type specimen: AMNH 4110, a partial skeleton (of a juvenile). Its type locality is Mount Barry, 12 (Admiral Formation), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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