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Cacops aspidephorus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)56737https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56737
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Cacops : Cacops aspidephorus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-Dissorophoidea
-XerodromesSchoch and Milner 2014
-OlsoniformesAnderson et al. 2008
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
-EucacopinaeSchoch and Sues 2013
genusCacopsWilliston 1910
speciesCacops aspidephorusWilliston 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cacops aspidephorusspeciesbelongs to Cacopsstated with evidenceWilliston, 1910
Cacops aspidephorusspeciesbelongs to Cacopsstated without evidenceOlson, 1956
Cacops aspidephorusspeciesbelongs to Cacopsstated with evidenceReisz et al., 2009
Cacops aspidephorusspeciesbelongs to Cacopsstated without evidenceSchoch, 2013
Cacops aspidephorusspeciesbelongs to Cacopsstated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Olsoniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. W. Williston. 1910. Cacops, Desmospondylus; new genera of Permian vertebrates. Geological Society America Bulletin 21:249-284

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

References

Williston S. W. (1910) Cacops, Desmospondylus; new genera of Permian vertebrates, Geological Society America Bulletin 21, 249-284
Olson E. C. (1956) Fauna of the Vale and Choza: 12. A new trematopsid amphibian from the Vale Formation, Fieldiana: Geology 10 26, 323-328
Reisz R. R., Schoch R. R., et al (2009) The armoured dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by amphibians, Naturwissenschaften 96, 789-796
Schoch R. R. (2013) The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: an inclusive phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006
Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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