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Cacops morrisi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Cacops morrisi was named by Reisz et al. (2009). Its type specimen is OMNH 53077, a skull (partially crushed skull without mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cacops morrisi Reisz et al. p. 790
2014Cacops morrisi Schoch and Milner p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusCacops
speciesmorrisi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cacops morrisi Reisz et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available