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.^[1] The name means 'first Clepsydrops', and refers to it being the predecessor of the other early synapsid Clepsydrops.

^ 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.

[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.

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