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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Rhaetian or 237.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Texas) A. gregorii (84271)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (New Mexico) A. gregorii (83736)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) A. gregorii (71982)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) A. gregorii (93653 93671 94105) A. sp. (55248 93576 93579 93658 179083) A. sp., Anaschisma sp. (83738) A. sp., A. gregorii (48516) Eupelor sp. (57071)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Metoposauridae indet. (13273)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Anaschisma sp. (84263) A. gregorii (39160 48421 48546 48547 49500 52499 84264 92811 92826 92827 93113 93135 93415 93418 93423 93425 93432 93443 93459 93541) A. sp. (22705 92850 92855 92856)
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0USA (New Mexico) A. sp. (92090)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Arizona) Metoposaurus sp. (84014)