Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Belongs to Ophiacodon according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kissel and Lehman 2002, Reisz 1986 and Romer 1936
Sister taxa: Ophiacodon hilli, Ophiacodon major, Ophiacodon navajovicus, Ophiacodon retroversus, Ophiacodon uniformis
Type specimen: YP 807, a mandible (incomplete dentary). Its type locality is Baldwin bonebed, which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (7: New Mexico collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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