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DIMACRODON
(dy-mac-ro-don)
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 |
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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.

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