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Ophiacodon navajovicus
Taxonomy
Dimetrodon navajovicus was named by Case (1907). Its type specimen is AMNH 4777, a partial skeleton (postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Cobre Canyon (Cutler Formation), which is in a Virgilian fluvial siliciclastic in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Arribasaurus.
It was recombined as Arribasaurus navajovicus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Ophiacodon navajovicus by Romer and Price (1940) and Reisz (1986).
It was recombined as Arribasaurus navajovicus by Hay (1930); it was recombined as Ophiacodon navajovicus by Romer and Price (1940) and Reisz (1986).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1907 | Dimetrodon navajovicus Case |
| 1930 | Arribasaurus navajovicus Hay p. 49 |
| 1940 | Ophiacodon navajovicus Romer and Price pp. 18, 233 |
| 1986 | Ophiacodon navajovicus Reisz p. 69 |
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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.
†Ophiacodon navajovicus Case 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasimovian - Kungurian | USA (Utah) | Ophiacodon navajovicus (218159) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Dimetrodon navajovicus, Ophiacodon navajovicus (type locality: 34761) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Utah) | Ophiacodon navajovicus (13257) |