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").[1]
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 amniotetetrapods did.
A paleobiological inference model for the femur suggests a terrestrial lifestyle for Clepsydrops,[2] as for its more recent relative Ophiacodon.[3] This is consistent with its rather thin, compact cortex. Its jaws were slightly more advanced than those of other early amniotetetrapods like Paleothyris and Hylonomus.
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^Quémeneur, S.; de Buffrénil, V.; Laurin, M. (2013). "Microanatomy of the amniote femur and inference of lifestyle in limbed vertebrates". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (3): 644–655. doi:10.1111/bij.12066.
^Laurin, M.; de Buffrénil, V. (2015). "Microstructural features of the femur in early ophiacodontids: A reappraisal of ancestral habitat use and lifestyle of amniotes". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 15 (1–2): 115–127. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.01.001.
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clepsydrops, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2015, l. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Clepsydrops news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 1 ClepsydropsTemporal range Carboniferous Life restoration Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Clade Synapsida Family Ophiacodontidae Genus ClepsydropsCope 1875 Species Clepsydrops collettii Clepsydrops natalis Clepsydrops vinslovii Synonyms Archaeobelus Cope 1877 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 A paleobiological inference model for the femur suggests a terrestrial lifestyle for Clepsydrops 2 as for its more recent relative Ophiacodon 3 This is consistent with its rather thin compact cortex Its jaws were slightly more advanced than those of other early amniote tetrapods like Paleothyris and Hylonomus See also editList of pelycosaurs Evolution of mammals Carboniferous tetrapods List of transitional fossils nbsp Paleontology portalReferences edit Re dinosaur DECODING COPE S TEXAS TAXA Eryops and Dimetrodon natalis Archived from the original on 2019 08 20 Retrieved 2019 08 20 Quemeneur S de Buffrenil V Laurin M 2013 Microanatomy of the amniote femur and inference of lifestyle in limbed vertebrates Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109 3 644 655 doi 10 1111 bij 12066 Laurin M de Buffrenil V 2015 Microstructural features of the femur in early ophiacodontids A reappraisal of ancestral habitat use and lifestyle of amniotes Comptes Rendus Palevol 15 1 2 115 127 doi 10 1016 j crpv 2015 01 001 nbsp This Synapsida related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clepsydrops amp oldid 1221216057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
