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Dimetrodon loomisi

Osteichthyes - Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Dimetrodon loomisi was named by Romer (1937). Its type specimen is FMNH (WM) 1322 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craddock Bonebed, Brush Creek, 38 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2006-12-16; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Dimetrodon loomisi Romer p. 95
1973Dimetrodon loomisi Daly p. 587
1986Dimetrodon loomisi Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
—SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
—Sphenacodontoidea
familySphenacodontidaeMarsh 1878
subfamilySphenacodontinae
genusDimetrodon
speciesloomisi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dimetrodon loomisi Romer 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available