Kapes

Name: Kapes.
Phonetic: Caypes.
Named By: M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1975.
Synonyms: Macrophon komiensis,‭ ‬Tichvinskia majmesculae.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Parareptilia,‭ ‬Procolophonidae,‭ ‬Procolophoninae.
Species: K.‭ ‬amaenus‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬bentoni,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬komiensis,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬majmesculae.
Diet: ‬Insectivore‭?
Size: Details unavailable.
Known locations: England and Russia.
Time period: Olenkian to Anisian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Several specimens.

       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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