Dimacrodon Temporal range: Lower Permian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
(unranked): | Amniota |
Class: | Synapsida |
Order: | Anomodontia |
Genus: |
Dimacrodon Olson & Beerbower, 1953 |
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Dimacrodon is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid from the Lower Permian of Texas. Originally described as an anomodont therapsid by Olson & Beerbower (1953) and Olson (1962), it lack any diagnostic features of anomodonts and rather represents pelycosaur-grade synapsids.