Anakamacops petrolicus Li and Cheng 1999 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Full reference: J.-L. Li and Z.-W. Cheng. 1999. New Anthracosaur and Temnospondyl Amphibians from Gansu, China - The Fifth Report on Late Permian Dashankou Lower Tetrapod Fauna. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37(3):234-247

Belongs to Anakamacops according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Li 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGCAGS V 365, a partial skull. Its type locality is Dashankou locality, which is in a Roadian fluvial mudstone in the Qingtoushan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dashankou locality

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