Clepsydrops
Sign in to saveClepsydrops is an extinct genus of primitive synapsids from the early Late Carboniferous that was related to Archaeothyris. The name means 'hour-glass appearance' (Greek klepsydra = "hourglass" + Greek ops = "eye, face, appearance").
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Vinony's link graph records 124 inbound references to Clepsydrops, and connects out to Varanopidae, Eupelycosauria and Tetrapoda.
It sits within the topics Carboniferous synapsids, Carboniferous synapsids of North America and Fossil taxa described in 1875.
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- Parent taxon
- Ophiacodontidae
- Image
- Clepsydrops colleti22DB.jpg
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- taxon name
- Clepsydrops
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- Clepsydrops
- time period
- Carboniferous
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Clepsydrops is an extinct genus of primitive synapsids from the early Late Carboniferous that was related to Archaeothyris. The name means 'hour-glass appearance' (Greek klepsydra = "hourglass" + Greek ops = "eye, face, appearance").
Synapsida is the group (or clade) that includes mammals, but the term is mainly used to refer to its earliest members. Like many other early terrestrial amniotes, it probably had the diet of insects and smaller animals. It probably laid eggs on land rather than in the water, as most amniote tetrapods did.
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