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Clepsydrops vinslovii

Ophiacodontidae

Taxonomy
Clepsydrops vinslovii was named by Cope (1877). Its type specimen is FMNH 6532, a set of vertebrae (one single cervical), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Clepsydrops vinslovii Cope p. 61
1888Clepsydrops vinslovii Cope p. 287
1902Clepsydrops vinslovii Hay p. 432
1907Clepsydrops vinslovii Case p. 42
1911Captorhinus illinoiensis Williston p. 69 figs. Pl. XXIV
1930Captorhinus illinoiensis Hay p. 40
1930Clepsydrops vinslovii Hay p. 53
1940Clepsydrops vinslovii Romer and Price p. 216
1986Clepsydrops vinslovii Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyOphiacodontidaeNopsca 1923
genusClepsydrops
speciesvinslovii

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.

†Clepsydrops vinslovii Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Captorhinus illinoisensis Williston 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Clepsydrops vinslovii, Captorhinus illinoisensis (type locality: 80714)