Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Synonym: Archaeobelus Cope 1877
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. On fossil remains of Reptilia and fishes from Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(1):404-411
Parent taxon: Ophiacodontidae according to A. S. Romer 1961
See also Carroll 1988, Case 1907, Cope 1877, Cope 1878, Cope 1888, Haubold et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Perrier 1928, Reisz 1986 and Romer and Price 1940
Sister taxa: Archaeothyris, Baldwinonus, Diopeus, Elcabrosaurus, Ophiacodon, Stereophallodon, Stereorhachis, Varanosaurus, Clepsydropinae, Scoliomus, Arribasaurus
Subtaxa: Clepsydrops collettii Clepsydrops magnus Clepsydrops vinslovii
Type: Clepsydrops collettii
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), United States (2: Illinois, Pennsylvania)
Total: 4 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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