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Anakamacops fossil map

Where fossils of Anakamacops have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 275 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 275 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Anakamacops
Image: DiBgd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived274.4–264.28 million years ago (Roadian to Wordian)
PeriodsPermian
FamilyDissorophidae
Named byLi and Cheng 1999
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inChina
Rock formationsQingtoushan

About Anakamacops

Anakamacops (meaning "similar to Kamacops" in Greek) is a genus of dissorophid temnospondyl from the Middle Permian of China.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Anakamacops (revision 1375972354), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q4750965.

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