Macromerion

Macromerion is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids in the family Sphenacodontidae from Late Carboniferous deposits in the Czech Republic.[1][2][3] It was named as a species of Labyrinthodon in 1875 and as its own genus in 1879.[4]

Macromerion
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 304.2–299 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Pelycosauria
Family:
†Sphenacodontidae
Genus:
†Macromerion

Fritsch, 1879
Binomial name
†Macromerion schwartzenbergii
Fritsch, 1885? (Romer, 1945)
Synonyms

See also

References
  1. Paton, R. L. 1974. Lower Permian pelycosaurs from the English midlands. Paleontology 17 (3): 541–552.
  2. A. S. Romer. 1945. The Late Carboniferous Vertebrate Fauna of Kounova (Bohemia) compared with that of the Texas Redbeds. American Journal of Science 243:417-442
  3. R. R. Reisz. 1986. Pelycosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A:1-102
  4. Fritsch (1875) - pp. 75-76 (non pp. 71-71)


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