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Clepsydrops
Taxonomy
Clepsydrops was named by Cope (1875). It is not extant. Its type is Clepsydrops collettii. It is the type genus of Clepsydropinae.
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1877); to Clepsydropinae by Case (1907); to Clepsydropidae by Cope (1878), Cope (1888), Hay (1902) and Perrier (1928); to Sphenacodontidae by Hay (1930); and to Ophiacodontidae by Romer and Price (1940), Romer (1961), Reisz (1986), Carroll (1988) and Haubold et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Rhynchocephalia by Cope (1877); to Clepsydropinae by Case (1907); to Clepsydropidae by Cope (1878), Cope (1888), Hay (1902) and Perrier (1928); to Sphenacodontidae by Hay (1930); and to Ophiacodontidae by Romer and Price (1940), Romer (1961), Reisz (1986), Carroll (1988) and Haubold et al. (2005).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Clepsydrops Cope p. 407 |
| 1877 | Clepsydrops Cope p. 62 |
| 1877 | Archaeobelus Cope pp. 192-193 |
| 1878 | Clepsydrops Cope p. 529 |
| 1888 | Archaeobelus Cope p. 287 |
| 1888 | Clepsydrops Cope p. 287 |
| 1902 | Clepsydrops Hay p. 431 |
| 1902 | Archaeobelus Hay p. 433 |
| 1907 | Archaeobelus Case p. 28 |
| 1907 | Clepsydrops Case p. 37 |
| 1928 | Clepsydrops Perrier p. 3085 |
| 1930 | Clepsydrops Hay p. 53 |
| 1930 | Archaeobelus Hay p. 60 |
| 1940 | Clepsydrops Romer and Price p. 18 |
| 1961 | Clepsydrops Romer p. 5 |
| 1986 | Clepsydrops Reisz |
| 1988 | Clepsydrops Carroll |
| 2005 | Clepsydrops Haubold et al. p. 78 |
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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.
G. †Clepsydrops Cope 1875
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†Clepsydrops collettii Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Archaeobelus vellicatus Cope 1877 [synonym], Clepsydrops pedunculatus Cope 1877 [synonym]
†Clepsydrops magnus Romer 1961
†Clepsydrops vinslovii Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Captorhinus illinoisensis Williston 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Archaeobelus Cope 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available