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Agadirichnus elegans

Reptilia - Agadirichnidae

Taxonomy
Agadirichnus elegans was named by Ambroggi and Lapparent (1954). Its type specimen is FSA.G.54 (neotype), a footprint (isolated pes print), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tagannt n'ait Salah tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tagragra Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Agadirichnus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sánchez-Hernández et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Agadirichnus elegans Ambroggi and Lapparent p. 55 fig. 6
1974Agadirichnus elegans Haubold p. 149
2017Agadirichnus elegans Masrour et al. p. 766
2018Agadirichnus elegans Masrour et al. p. 285

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
familyAgadirichnidae
genusAgadirichnus
specieselegans

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.

†Agadirichnus elegans Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Masrour et al. 2018Large (77–170 mm long) elongate tetradactyl and plantigrade pes prints with rounded heel and subparallel edges. Pes digits are elongate, well separated and often incompletely marked in the median portion. Central pes digits (II and III) longer than external digits (I and IV). Robust tridactyl manus prints, with short and rounded digit I, without claw mark.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Morocco (Agadir) Palamopus sp. (type locality: 51420)