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Antipus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Antipus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Antipus flexiloquus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachopus by Olsen and Padian (1986).

It was assigned to Lacertilia by Hitchcock (1858); to Amphibia by Kuhn (1958); to Lacertoidea by Haubold (1974); to Reptilia by Lull (1904), Lull (1917) and Coombs (1996); and to Pterosauria by Rainforth (2006).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Antipus Hitchcock p. 115
1904Antipus Lull p. 536
1917Antipus Lull p. 125
1958Antipus Kuhn p. 18
1974Antipus Haubold p. 36
1996Antipus Coombs, Jr.
2006Antipus Rainforth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
genusAntipus

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. †Antipus Hitchcock 1858
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Antipus bifidus Hitchcock 1858
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1858Feet four and five-toed, pointing in nearly opposite directions.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) A. bifidus (52998)