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Characichnos

Taxonomy
Characichnos was named by Whyte and Romano (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Tetrapoda by Whyte and Romano (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Characichnos Whyte and Romano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
genusCharacichnosWhyte and Romano 2001

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.

G. †Characichnos Whyte and Romano 2001
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Characichnos tridactylus Whyte and Romano 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 259.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Argentina (La Pampa) C. sp. (197307)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Utah) C. sp. (56131)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (England) C. tridactylus (61677)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) C. sp. (219833)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0China (Sichuan) C. sp. (182656)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp. (171119)