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Clepsydrops collettii

Ophiacodontidae

Taxonomy
Clepsydrops collettii was named by Cope (1875). Its type specimen is FMNH 6530, a set of vertebrae (one single dorsal vertebra), 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. It is the type species of Clepsydrops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Clepsydrops collettii Cope
1877Clepsydrops pedunculatus Cope p. 62
1877Archaeobelus vellicatus Cope pp. 192-193
1888Archaeobelus vellicatus Cope p. 287
1888Clepsydrops collettii Cope p. 287
1888Clepsydrops pedunculatus Cope p. 287
1902Clepsydrops collettii Hay p. 431
1902Clepsydrops pedunculatus Hay p. 432
1902Archaeobelus vellicatus Hay p. 433
1907Archaeobelus vellicatus Case p. 28
1907Clepsydrops collettii Case pp. 37, 40
1907Clepsydrops pedunculatus Case p. 41
1930Clepsydrops collettii Hay p. 53
1930Clepsydrops pedunculatus Hay p. 53
1930Archaeobelus vellicatus Hay p. 60
1940Clepsydrops collettii Romer and Price pp. 18, 212
1986Clepsydrops collettii 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
speciescollettii

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 collettii Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Archaeobelus vellicatus Cope 1877 [synonym], Clepsydrops pedunculatus Cope 1877 [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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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) Archaeobelus vellicatus, Clepsydrops collettii, Clepsydrops pedunculatus (type locality: 80714)