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Calmasuchus acri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Calmasuchus acri was named by Fortuny et al. (2011). Its type specimen is IPS-37401 (LM-83), a partial skull (Partial skull roof and palate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Mora, which is in an Anisian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Areniscas y Lutitas del Figaro Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Calmasuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Calmasuchus acri Fortuny et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusCalmasuchus
speciesacri

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.

Calmasuchus acri Fortuny et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Fortuny et al. 2011Distinguished from all other capitosaurs by a combination of the following characters: posterolaterally directed tabular horns, orbital margins flush with the plane of the skull, the postorbital and prefrontal near each other by thin projections, paired anterior palatal vacuity, long choanal outline, the frontal enters the medial border of the orbit, presence of a transversely oriented transvomerine tooth row, cultriform process of the parasphenoid extends beyond the anterior border of the interpterygoid vacuities, absence of the denticle field in the pterygoid and parasphenoid, elongated and well developed postglenoid area.  
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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Spain (Catalonia) Calmasuchus acri (type locality: 102284)