Zatrachys apicalis Cope 1881 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae

Alternative combination: Alegeinosaurus apicalis

Belongs to Zatrachys according to E. D. Cope 1884

See also Gee 2018, Hay 1902 and Schoch and Milner 2014

Sister taxa: Zatrachys crucifer, Zatrachys serratus

Type specimen: AMNH FARB 4785, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Arroyo del Agua (Cope Collection AMNH), which is in a Wolfcamp terrestrial horizon in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo del Agua (Cope Collection AMNH)

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