Dimacrodon
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Dimacrodon is an extinct genus
of non-mammal
ian synapsid
. Originally descript as a anomodont
therapsid by Olson & Beerbower (1953) and Olson (1962), its lack any diagnostic features of anomodonts and rather represent pelycosaur-grade synapsids.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of non-mammal
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
ian synapsid
Synapsid
Synapsids are a group of animals that includes mammals and everything more closely related to mammals than to other living amniotes. They are easily separated from other amniotes by having an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each, accounting for their name...
. Originally descript as a anomodont
Anomodont
The Anomodontia were a major group of therapsids, an extinct group of animals commonly known as "mammal-like reptiles." They were mostly toothless herbivores. During the Middle Permian they were very diverse, including groups like the Venyukovioidea, the Dromasauria, the Dicynodontia, and early...
therapsid by Olson & Beerbower (1953) and Olson (1962), its lack any diagnostic features of anomodonts and rather represent pelycosaur-grade synapsids.