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Ningxiapus liupanshanensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ningxiapus liupanshanensis was named by Zong et al. (2013). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GSW290-1; GSW290-2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Shanhe tracksite, which is in a Cretaceous lacustrine deltaic sandstone in the Liwaxia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Ningxiapus liupanshanensis Zong et al. p. 431–432 fig. 3–4
2019Ningxiapus liupanshanensis Yang et al. p. 488
2022Ningxiapus liupanshanensis Li et al. p. 4235

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
genusNingxiapus
speciesliupanshanensis

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.

Ningxiapus liupanshanensis Zong et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L.-y. Zong et al. 2013鉴定特征 小型鸟脚类恐龙的脚印,脚印长与宽之比为 1. 22; 第 I 趾纤细,短于第 IV 趾; 第 II 趾与第 III 趾之间夹角为 35°,第 III 趾与第 IV 趾之 间夹角为 45°。
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: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Ningxia) Ningxiapus liupanshanensis (type locality: 224355)