Protoclepsydrops

Protoclepsydrops
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 318–315 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: incertae sedis
Genus: Protoclepsydrops
Carroll, 1964
Type species
Protoclepsydrops haplous
Carroll, 1964

Protoclepsydrops is an extinct genus of early synapsids, found in Joggins, Nova Scotia.[1] The name means 'first Clepsydrops', and refers to it being the predecessor of the other early synapsid Clepsydrops.

  1. ^ Carroll, Robert L. (1964). "The earliest reptiles". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 45 (304): 61–83. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1964.tb00488.x.