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Ameghinichnus ginsburgi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Acropentapodiscus ginsburgi was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pokane tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

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

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2008-09-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Acropentapodiscus ginsburgi Ellenberger p. 348
1984Ameghinichnus ginsburgi 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
speciesginsburgi()

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 ginsburgi Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
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