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Dimacrodon

Anomodontia - Dimacrodontidae

Taxonomy
Dimacrodon was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). It is not extant. Its type is Dimacrodon hottoni. It is the type genus of Dimacrodontidae.

It was assigned to Dimacrodontidae by Olson and Beerbower (1953), Olson (1962); and to Tapinocephalia by Carroll (1988).

Species
D. hottoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Dimacrodon Olson and Beerbower p. 414
1962Dimacrodon Olson pp. 86, 89
1988Dimacrodon Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
infraorderVenyukovioidea()
familyDimacrodontidae
genusDimacrodon

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. †Dimacrodon Olson and Beerbower 1953
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†Dimacrodon hottoni Olson and Beerbower 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available