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Dimetrodon dollovianus

Sphenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Embolophorus dollovianus was named by Cope (1888) [type ist from "indian territory" (Case, 1907)]. Its type specimen is AMNH 4064, a partial skeleton (partial skull, fragments of vertebrae, sacrum and astragalus), 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 recombined as Dimetrodon dollovianus by Case (1907), Case (1907), Hay (1930) and Reisz (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Embolophorus dollovianus Cope p. 287
1902Embolophorus dollovianus Hay p. 433
1907Dimetrodon dollovianus Case
1930Dimetrodon dollovianus Hay p. 55
1986Dimetrodon dollovianus 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
speciesdollovianus()

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 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Dimetrodon dollovianus (85733)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Embolophorus dollovianus (type locality: 28256)