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Cacops aspidephorus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Cacops aspidephorus was named by Williston (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Creek, 35 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Cacops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Cacops aspidephorus Williston p. 253
1956Cacops aspidophorus Olson p. 320
1956Trematopsis seltini Olson p. 323
2009Cacops aspidephorus Reisz et al. p. 790
2013Cacops aspidephorus Schoch
2014Cacops aspidephorus Schoch and Milner p. 74

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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()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusCacops
speciesaspidephorus

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.

†Cacops aspidephorus Williston 1910
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Invalid names: Trematopsis seltini Olson 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available