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Apachesaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae

Taxonomy
Apachesaurus was named by Hunt (1993). Its type is Apachesaurus gregorii.

It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Long and Murry (1995), Irmis (2005) and Spielmann and Lucas (2012).

Species
A. gregorii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Apachesaurus Hunt
1995Apachesaurus Long and Murry
2005Apachesaurus Irmis p. 67
2012Apachesaurus Spielmann and Lucas

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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()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyMetoposauridae
genusApachesaurusHunt 1993

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.

G. †Apachesaurus Hunt 1993
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†Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available