Kapes

Caypes.
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Name

Kapes.

Phonetic

Caypes.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Parareptilia,‭ ‬Procolophonidae,‭ ‬Procolophoninae.

Diet

‬Insectivore‭?

Species

K.‭ ‬amaenus‭

Size

Details unavailable.

Known locations

England and Russia.

Time Period

Olenkian to Anisian of the Triassic.

Fossil representation

Several specimens.

In Depth

       Kapes was a little parareptile that was once considered to be a synonym to the earlier named Anomoiodon.‭ ‬Later study has no re-affirmed the validity of this genus,‭ ‬and now Kapes is considered to be a very close relative of Anomoiodon.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬O Rodovom Sostave Rannetriasovykh Prokolofonid Priuralya‭ [‬On the Genus Composition of Lower Triassic Procolophnids of the Pre-Urals‭]‬,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1975. -‭ ‬A Re-evaluation of Small Tetrapods from the Middle Triassic Otter Sandstone Formation of Devon,‭ ‬England,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Spencer‭ & ‬G.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Storrs‭ ‬-‭ ‬2002.

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