Sphenacodont

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sphenacodont
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:genus
gptkbp:bodyLength up to 2.7 meters
gptkbp:class gptkb:Synapsida
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Edward_Drinker_Cope
gptkbp:describedYear 1878
gptkbp:diet gptkb:carnivore
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature robust body
large skull with strong jaws
no sail on back (unlike Dimetrodon)
gptkbp:distribution gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:extinct true
gptkbp:family gptkb:Sphenacodontidae
gptkbp:fossilRange gptkb:Late_Carboniferous
gptkb:Early_Permian
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sphenacodont
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:New_Mexico
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Sphenacodon_ferocior
gptkb:Sphenacodon_ferox
gptkbp:order gptkb:Pelycosauria
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Chordata
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dimetrodon
gptkb:Ctenospondylus
gptkb:Secodontosaurus
gptkbp:taxonRank gptkb:genus
gptkbp:typeSpecies gptkb:Sphenacodon_ferox
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Permian_Period
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7