-
Eupelycosauria is a
large clade of
animals characterized by the
unique shape of
their skull, encomp****ing all
mammals and
their closest extinct relatives...
- is
sometimes avoided by
proponents of a
strict cladistic approach.
Eupelycosauria is used to
designate the
clade that
includes most pelycosaurs, along...
- Spindler,
Sebastian Voigt & Jan
Fischer (2019)
Edaphosauridae (Synapsida,
Eupelycosauria) from
Europe and
their relationship to
North American representatives...
- †Diadectomorpha? †Caseasauria †Caseidae †Eothyrididae †Phreatophasma?
Eupelycosauria †Ophiacodontidae †Varanopidae?
Haptodontiformes †Edaphosauridae Sphenacodontia...
-
Benson (2012) and
Spinder (2016)
unless otherwise noted.
class Synapsida Eupelycosauria Sphenacodontia †Haptodus †Hypselohaptodus †Ianthodon
Pantherapsida †Kenomagnathus...
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Caseasauria Eupelycosauria...
-
record of the
Early Permian pelycosaurian-grade
synapsid Dimetrodon (
Eupelycosauria: Sphenacodontidae) from the
Lower Cutler Group (Early Permian) of Jemez...
- one of the two main
clades of
early synapsids, the
other being the
Eupelycosauria.
Caseasaurs are
currently known only from the Late
Carboniferous and...
- Felice, R. N. & Angielczyk, K. D. (2014). "Was
Ophiacodon (Synapsida,
Eupelycosauria) a Swimmer? A Test
Using Vertebral Dimensions".
Early Evolutionary History...
-
closely related Dimetrodon,
Sphenacodon was a
carnivorous member of the
Eupelycosauria family Sphenacodontidae. However,
Sphenacodon had a low
crest along...
