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Ornithomimipus gracilis

Reptilia - Ornithomimipodidae

Taxonomy
Irenichnites gracilis was named by Sternberg (1932). Its type specimen is NMC 8552, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is 2 miles upstream from Gething's mine, Peace River Canyon, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone/coal in the Gething Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Ornithomimipus gracilis by Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); it was recombined as Ornithomimipus (Irenichnites) gracilis by Thulborn (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Irenichnites gracilis Sternberg pp. 67-68 fig. 5
1963Irenichnites gracilis Kuhn p. 107
1971Ornithomimipus gracilis Haubold p. 75
1974Ornithomimipus gracilis Haubold p. 143
1984Irenichnites gracilis Thulborn and Wade p. 450
1990Ornithomimipus (Irenichnites) gracilis Thulborn p. 164
2005Irenichnites gracilis Harington et al. p. 121
2011Irenichnites gracilis Lockley et al. p. 325
2015Irenichnites gracilis Currie and Koppelhus p. 626

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
familyOrnithomimipodidae
genusOrnithomimipus
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Ornithomimipus gracilis Sternberg 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Irenichnites gracilis (126799)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Irenichnites gracilis (52161)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Irenichnites gracilis (type locality: 64386)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Alberta) Irenichnites gracilis (52371)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) Irenichnites sp. (214476)