Named By: | E. C. Olson & J. R. Beerbower in 1953 |
Time Period: | Lower Permian |
Location: | USA, Texas - San Angelo Formation (Flowerpot Shale Member) |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Uncertain |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Anomodontia | Pelycosauria | |
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.