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Ameghinichnus acutus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Dinopentapodiscus acutus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Leribe tracksite (zone B/4), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial sandstone in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Ameghinichnus acutus by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Dinopentapodiscus acutus Ellenberger p. 350
1984Ameghinichnus acutus Olsen and Galton p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
genusAmeghinichnus
speciesacutus()

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.

†Ameghinichnus acutus Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
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