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Dimetrodon limbatus

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Clepsydrops limbatus was named by Cope (1877). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dimetrodon incisivus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Dimetrodon limbatus by Romer and Price (1940), Reisz (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Clepsydrops limbatus Cope p. 196
1878Dimetrodon incisivus Cope p. 512
1878Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope p. 514
1881Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope pp. 80-82
1888Dimetrodon incisivus Cope p. 287
1888Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope p. 287
1888Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope p. 287
1902Clepsydrops limbatus Hay p. 431
1902Dimetrodon incisivus Hay p. 432
1902Dimetrodon rectiformis Hay p. 432
1902Dimetrodon semiradicatus Hay p. 432
1907Clepsydrops limbatus Case p. 39
1907Dimetrodon incisivus Case p. 43
1907Dimetrodon rectiformis Case p. 49
1907Dimetrodon semiradicatus Case p. 50
1911Dimetrodon incisivus Williston
1928Dimetrodon incisivus Perrier p. 3085
1930Dimetrodon incisivus Hay p. 55
1936Dimetrodon incisivus Romer p. 90
1940Dimetrodon limbatus Romer and Price
1986Dimetrodon limbatus Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
—SphenacomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderSphenacodontia
—Sphenacodontoidea
familySphenacodontidaeMarsh 1878
subfamilySphenacodontinae
genusDimetrodon
specieslimbatus()

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 limbatus Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Dimetrodon incisivus Cope 1878 [synonym], Dimetrodon rectiformis Cope 1878 [synonym], Dimetrodon semiradicatus Cope 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Dimetrodon limbatus (180978)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Dimetrodon limbatus (181037)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Dimetrodon limbatus (221391 221392)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Dimetrodon incisivus (28124)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Clepsydrops limbatus, Dimetrodon semiradicatus (108766) Dimetrodon rectiformis (28142)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dimetrodon semiradicatus (28253)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Dimetrodon limbatus (85567 180991)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Dimetrodon incisivus (28267)