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Caririchnium lotus

Reptilia - Iguanodontipodidae

Taxonomy
Caririchnium lotus was named by Xing et al. (2007). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is QII-O20-RP2 and RM2 (formerly QJGM-T37–3), a footprint (A complete manus-pes set of natural-mold tracks), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lotus Fortress tracksite, QII, which is in a Barremian/Albian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae Moratalla
2007Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 1595 fig. 5
2009Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 832
2011Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 478
2012Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 304
2013Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 2376
2015Caririchnium lotus Díaz-Martínez et al. pp. 12, 31
2015Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae Pérez-Lorente p. 310
2015Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 8–10
2015Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 322
2016Caririchnium lotus Kim et al. p. 6
2016Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 189
2017Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 171
2018Caririchnium lotus Lee et al. p. 211
2018Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 596
2019Caririchnium lotus Xing et al.
2021Caririchnium lotus Leonardi et al. p. 10
2021Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
familyIguanodontipodidaeVyalov 1987
genusCaririchnium
specieslotus

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.

Caririchnium lotus Xing et al. 2007
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Invalid names: Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae Moratalla 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015Pes tracks belonging to Caririchnium with very large heel pad impressions that are longerthan wide; blunt distal end of digit impressions; subtriangular distal part of heel pad; manus tracks rectangular, smoothly concave in the proximal part and wider than long.
L. Xing et al. 2015Large size (~35 cm) quadrupedal ornithopod tracks. Pes trace mesaxonic, functionally tridactyl, with quadripartite morphology, consisting of impressions of three digits and a heel pad separated by pronounced ridges. Mean length/width ratio 1.1. Mean value of mesaxony, measured as L/W of anterior triangle 0.37. Manus trace suboval to semicircular, situated anterolaterally to pes trace, sometimes with faint traces of anteromedially positioned digit. Typical heteropody (ratio of manus to pes size) 1:6.1.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 145.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Spain (Castilla y Leon) Iguanodon sp. (68453)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5South Korea (Jeollabuk-do) Caririchnium lotus (220101)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Spain (La Rioja) Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae (85181)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Spain (La Rioja) Iguanodontidae indet. (166231)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Sichuan) Caririchnium lotus (type locality: 220058 220059 220060)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) Iguanodon sp. (59099) Ornithopoda indet. (61860)