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Calmasuchus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Calmasuchus was named by Fortuny et al. (2011). Its type is Calmasuchus acri. It was considered monophyletic by Fortuny et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Capitosauria by Fortuny et al. (2011).

Species
C. acri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Calmasuchus Fortuny et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusCalmasuchus

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. †Calmasuchus Fortuny et al. 2011
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Calmasuchus acri Fortuny et al. 2011
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Fortuny et al. 2011Distinguished from all other capitosaurs by a combination of the following characters: posterolaterally directed tabular horns, orbital margins flush with the plane of the skull, the postorbital and prefrontal near each other by thin projections, paired anterior palatal vacuity, long choanal outline, the frontal enters the medial border of the orbit, presence of a transversely oriented transvomerine tooth row, cultriform process of the parasphenoid extends beyond the anterior border of the interpterygoid vacuities, absence of the denticle field in the pterygoid and parasphenoid, elongated and well developed postglenoid area.