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Zatrachys apicalis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Zatracheidae

Taxonomy
Zatrachys apicalis was named by Cope (1881). Its type specimen is AMNH FARB 4785, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo del Agua (Cope Collection AMNH), which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Alegeinosaurus aphthitos by Case (1911); it was considered a nomen dubium by Berman and Lucas (2003), Schoch and Milner (2014), Gee (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Zatrachys apicalis Cope
1884Zatrachys apicalis Cope p. 36
1902Zatrachys apicalis Hay p. 422
1911Alegeinosaurus aphthitos Case

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
familyZatracheidaeWilliston 1910
genusZatrachysCope 1878
speciesapicalisCope 1881

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.

Zatrachys apicalis Cope 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Zatrachys apicalis (type locality: 180944)