Protoclepsydrops

Protoclepsydrops
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous,
Scientific 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. The name means 'first Clepsydrops', and refers to it being the predecessor of the other early synapsid Clepsydrops.

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