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Anaschisma

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae

Taxonomy
Anaschisma was named by Branson (1905).

It was synonymized subjectively with Metoposaurus by Chowdhury (1965); it was synonymized subjectively with Dictyocephalus by Davidow-Henry (1987); it was misspelled as Anaschima by Carroll (1988) and Hunt (1989); it was considered a nomen dubium by Hunt (1993) and Schoch and Milner (2000).

It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Watson (1919), Carroll (1988) and Hunt (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Buettneria Marsh
1905Anaschisma Branson p. 570
1919Anaschima Watson p. 67
1922Buettneria Case p. 13 figs. 1-6; Pl. 1-4
1929Borborophagus Branson and Mehl
1929Kalamoiketer Branson and Mehl
1929Koskinonodon Branson and Mehl
1929Borborophagus Branson and Mehl p. 65 fig. 10
1988Anaschima Carroll
1989Anaschisma Hunt p. 297 fig. 1
1989Buettneria Hunt p. 297 fig. 1
1993Buettneria Hunt
1995Buettneria Long and Murry
2000Buettneria Schoch and Milner
2005Buettneria Irmis p. 67
2007Koskinonodon Mueller p. 225

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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
genusAnaschisma

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. †Anaschisma Branson 1905
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Anaschisma browni Branson 1905
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Invalid names: Anaschisma brachygnatha Branson 1905 [synonym], Borborophagus wyomingensis Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym], Koskinonodon perfectus Case 1922 [synonym]
Invalid names: Borborophagus Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym], Buettneria Case 1922 [synonym], Koskinonodon Branson and Mehl 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available