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Anconastes

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Taxonomy
Anconastes was named by Berman et al. (1987). It is not extant. Its type is Anconastes vesperus.

It was assigned to Trematopsidae by Berman et al. (1987).

Species
A. vesperus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Anconastes Berman et al. p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyTrematopidae()
genusAnconastes

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. †Anconastes Berman et al. 1987
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†Anconastes vesperus Berman et al. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Gzhelian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian - Gzhelian306.0 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) A. vesperus (12943)