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Dimetrodon giganhomogenes

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Dimetrodon gigashomogenes was named by Case (1907). Its type specimen is FMNH 112, a set of postcrania (almost complete vertebral column plus pelvic elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was corrected as Dimetrodon giganhomogenes by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dimetrodon gigashomogenes Case p. 47
1930Dimetrodon giganhomogenes Hay p. 55
1986Dimetrodon gigashomogenes Reisz

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

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Roadian290.1 - 266.9USA (Texas) Dimetrodon sp. (180992)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Dimetrodon giganhomogenes (180990)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dimetrodon gigashomogenes (85362)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dimetrodon gigashomogenes (12976 27704 type locality: 28256 85553 177000 177003 177014 177017 177019 178738) Dimetrodon sp. (67735)