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Grallator lacunensis

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Neotrisauropus lacunensis was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Leribe tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Platytrisauropus lacunensis by Ellenberger (1972); it was recombined as Grallator lacunensis by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Neotrisauropus lacunensis Ellenberger p. 349
1972Platytrisauropus lacunensis Ellenberger p. 152
1984Grallator lacunensis Olsen and Galton p. 109

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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()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
specieslacunensis()

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.

†Grallator lacunensis Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available