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Anthracopus

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Anthracopus was named by Leidy (1879). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Anthracopus ellangowensis.

It was assigned to Amphibia by Haubold (1971); and to Microsauria by Haubold (1974).

Species
A. ellangowensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Anthracopus Leidy
1971Anthracopus Haubold p. 22
1974Anthracopus Haubold p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
genusAnthracopusLeidy 1879

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. †Anthracopus Leidy 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available