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Selenichnidae (disused)

Reptilia - Selenichnidae

Taxonomy
Selenichnidae was named by Lull (1915). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Theropoda by Lull (1915); to Coelurosauria by Lull (1953) and Kuhn (1963); to Theropoda by Kuhn (1966); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1958), Haubold (1969) and Haubold (1971); to Saurischia by Haubold (1974); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Selenichnidae Lull p. 206
1953Selenichnidae Lull p. 160
1958Selenichnidae Kuhn p. 22
1963Selenichnidae Kuhn p. 81
1966Selenichnidae Kuhn p. 96
1969Selenichnidae Haubold p. 99
1971Selenichnidae Haubold p. 73
1974Selenichnidae Haubold p. 45
2025Selenichnidae Carrano

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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
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
familySelenichnidaeLull 1915
familySelenichnidaeLull 1915

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.

Fm. †Selenichnidae Lull 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available