Oromycter
| Oromycter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | †Caseasauria |
| Family: | †Caseidae |
| Genus: | †Oromycter Reisz, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Oromycter dolesorum Reisz, 2005
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Oromycter is an extinct
synapsids from the Early Permian of Oklahoma. The sole and type species, Oromycter dolesorum, was named in 2005 by Robert R. Reisz.[1][2]
Description
Oromycter was a small caseid characterized by its dentition, which lacked the distinct leaf-like serrations of other caseids and instead possessed broad, spatulate and roughened cutting edges. Its teeth were also more thoroughly attached to the bone of the skull and jaw than in other members of
caseid in form, appears more primitive than in any other known caseid.[1]
Classification
Oromycter is the oldest and most basal caseid known, and is the sister taxon of all other caseids.
Below is a cladogram based on the phylogenetic analysis of Maddin et al. in 2008.[3]
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See also
References
- ^ a b Reisz, R. R. 2005. Oromycter, a New Caseid from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (4): 905-910.
- ^ "Oromycter". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ISSN 0272-4634.