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Apatopus

Reptilia - Parasuchidae

Taxonomy
Apatopus was named by Baird (1957). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Otozoum lineatus.

It was assigned to Apatopodidae by Baird (1957), Kuhn (1958), Kuhn (1963) and Haubold (1969); to Parasuchia by Haubold (1974); to Parasuchidae by Rainforth (2007); and to Phytosauridae by Haubold (1971) and Hunt and Lucas (2007).

Species
A. lineatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Apatopus Baird p. 486
1958Apatopus Kuhn p. 21
1963Apatopus Kuhn p. 77
1969Apatopus Haubold p. 97
1971Apatopus Haubold p. 59
1974Apatopus Haubold p. 40
2007Apatopus Hunt and Lucas p. 221
2007Apatopus Rainforth p. 55

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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()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
familyParasuchidaeLydekker 1885
genusApatopus

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. †Apatopus Baird 1957
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†Apatopus lineatus Bock 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:18
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:18
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Rhaetian or 232.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (North Carolina) A. lineatus (55526)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Poland (Slaskie) A. sp. (110468)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) A. lineatus (195710 205547) A. lineeatus (205518)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Bavaria) A. lineatus (195708)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Morocco (Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz) A. lineatus (219917)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Germany (Bavaria) A. lineatus (195709)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Germany A. lineatus (153474)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (55493)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) Anomoepus minor, Polemarchus gigas (46622) A. sp. (55412 227832)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Mexico) A. lineatus (84021) A. sp. (46560)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) A. sp. (55413 84116)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New York) A. lineatus (57917)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Utah) Chirotherium sp. (193014)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) A. sp. (179080)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (New Jersey) A. sp. (187321)
Lacian - Alaunian221.5 - 212.0USA (Virginia) A. lineatus (68889)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Utah) A. sp. (57063 57064)