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Anakamacops petrolicus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Anakamacops petrolicus was named by Li and Cheng (1999). Its type specimen is IGCAGS V 365, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashankou locality, which is in a Roadian/Wordian fluvial mudstone in the Qingtoushan Formation of China. It is the type species of Anakamacops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Anakamacops petrolicus Li and Cheng pp. 239, 245 figs. 3; Pl. 2B-E
2001Anakamacops petrolicus Li p. 47
2014Anakamacops petrolicus Schoch and Milner

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

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.

†Anakamacops petrolicus Li and Cheng 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Li and Cheng 1999see generic diagnosis
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28China (Gansu) Anakamacops petrolicus (type locality: 85431)