Macromerion

Name: Macromerion.
Phonetic: ‭M‬ak-ro-meh-re-on.
Named By: Fritsch‭ ‬-‭ ‬1879.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Pelycosauria,‭ ‬Sphenacodontidae.
Species: M.‭ ‬schwartzenbergii‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Germany.
Time period: Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Macromerion is a genus of sphenacodont pelycosaur that lived in Europe during the Carboniferous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Lower Permian pelycosaurs from the English midlands.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontology‭ ‬17‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬541-552.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Paton‭ ‬-‭ ‬1974.

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