Hypselohaptodus

Name: Hypselohaptodus.
Phonetic: Hip-sel-o-hap-to-dos.
Named By: Frederik Spindler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Eupelycosauria,‭ ‬Sphenacomorpha,‭ ‬Sphenacodontia.
Species: H.‭ ‬grandis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: ‬Uncertain‭?
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: England,‭ ‬Warwickshire‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kenilworth Sandstone Formation.
Time period: Early Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial left maxilla.

       Hypselohaptodus is a genus of pelyocsaur that lived in Europe around the early Permian.

Further reading
Re-evaluation of an early sphenacodontian synapsid from the Lower Permian of England.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Frederik Spindler‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.



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