Baldwinonus

Name: Baldwinonus.
Phonetic: Bald-win-o-nus.
Named By: Romer‭ & ‬Price‭ ‬-‭ ‬1940.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Ophiacodontidae.
Species: B.‭ ‬trux‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬B.‭ ‬dunkardensis.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬New Mexico,‭ ‬Ohio.
Time period: Early Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial maxillas and vertebrae.

       Baldwinonus is a poorly known genus of ophiacodontid synapsid that so far is only known from very partial remains.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The anatomy and relationships of Stereophallodon and Baldwinonus‭ (‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pelycosauria‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Breviora‭ ‬485:‭ ‬1‭–‬34.‭ ‬-‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Brinkman‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Eberth‭ ‬-‭ ‬1986.



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