- Dimacrodon
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Dimacrodon
Temporal range: Lower PermianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (unranked): Amniota Class: Synapsida Order: Pelycosauria Genus: Dimacrodon
Olson & Beerbower, 1953Species - Dimacrodon hottoni Olson & Beerbower, 1953
Dimacrodon is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid. Originally descript as a anomodont therapsid by Olson & Beerbower (1953) and Olson (1962), its lack any diagnostic features of anomodonts and rather represent pelycosaur-grade synapsids.[1]
See also
- List of pelycosaurs
References
- ^ Sidor, C.A. & Hopson, J.A. (1995). "The taxonomic status of the Upper Permian eotheriodont therapsids of the San Angelo Formation (Guadalupian), Texas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15 (suppl. 3): 53A.
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