†Ophiacodon major Romer and Price 1940 (ophiacodont)
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Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Full reference: A. S. Romer and L. I. Price. 1940. Review of the Pelycosauria. Geological Society of America Special Paper 28:1-538
Belongs to Ophiacodon according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940
See also Reisz 1986
Sister taxa: Ophiacodon hilli, Ophiacodon mirus, Ophiacodon navajovicus, Ophiacodon retroversus, Ophiacodon uniformis
Type specimen: AMNH 4109, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Maybelle, which is in a Leonardian terrestrial horizon in the Waggoner Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (7: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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