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Apachesaurus gregorii

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae

Taxonomy
Apachesaurus gregorii was named by Hunt (1993). Its type specimen is UCMP 63845, a skull (Nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Apachesaurus.

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyMetoposauridae
genusApachesaurusHunt 1993
speciesgregoriiHunt 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.

†Apachesaurus gregorii Hunt 1993
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (New Mexico) Apachesaurus gregorii (83736)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Texas) Apachesaurus gregorii (84271)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Apachesaurus gregorii (71982)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Arizona) Anaschisma sp. (84263) Apachesaurus gregorii (39160 48421 48546 48547 49500 52499 84264 92811 92826 92827 93113 93135 93415 93418 93423 93425 93432 93443 93459 93541)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Texas) Metoposauridae indet. (13273)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) Anaschisma sp. (83738) Apachesaurus gregorii (48516 93653 93671 94105)