Ophiacodon
Extinct genus of synapsids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ophiacodon (meaning "snake tooth") is an extinct genus of synapsid belonging to the family Ophiacodontidae that lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian in North America and Europe. The genus was named along with its type species O. mirus by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878 and currently includes five other species.[1] As an ophiacodontid, Ophiacodon is one of the most basal synapsids and is close to the evolutionary line leading to mammals.[2]
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Skeleton of O. mirus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Family: | †Ophiacodontidae |
Genus: | †Ophiacodon Marsh, 1878 |
Type species | |
†Ophiacodon mirus Marsh, 1878 | |
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