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Apachesaurus

Description

Apachesaurus is an extinct genus of metoposaurid temnospondyl amphibian from western North America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4975561https://www.gbif.org/species/4975561
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)69035https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=69035
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae : Apachesaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-EryopiformesSchoch 2013
-StereospondylomorphaYates and Warren 2000
-Stereospondyli
-TrematosauriaYates and Warren 2000
superfamilyTrematosauroideaWatson 1919
familyMetoposauridaeWatson 1919
genusApachesaurusHunt 1993
Scientific NameApachesaurus Hunt, 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Apachesaurusgenusbelongs to Metoposauridaestated with evidenceLong and Murry, 1995
Apachesaurusgenusbelongs to MetoposauridaeimpliedIrmis, 2005
Apachesaurusgenusbelongs to Metoposauridaestated with evidenceSpielmann and Lucas, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance237 - 228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. B. Irmis. 2005. The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in northern Arizona. In S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker, & R. B. Irmis (eds.), Guidebook to the Triassic Formations of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona: Geology, Paleontology, and History. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 9:63-88
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apachesaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Apachesaurus gregorii
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
29237 Ma
Middle Triassic
228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Apachesaurus Hunt
1995Apachesaurus Long and Murry
2005Apachesaurus Irmis p. 67
2012Apachesaurus Spielmann and Lucas

References

Irmis R. B. (2005) The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation in northern Arizona, In S. J. Nesbitt, W. G. Parker, & R. B. Irmis (eds.), Guidebook to the Triassic Formations of the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona: Geology, Paleontology, and History. Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin 9, 63-88
Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4, 1-254
Spielmann J. A., Lucas S. G. (2012) Tetrapod fauna of the Upper Triassic Redonda formation, East-Central New Mexico: the characteristic assemblage of the Apachean land-vertebrate faunachron, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 55, 1-119
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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