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Saurichnites leisnerianus

Osteichthyes - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Saurichnites leisnerianus was named by Geintiz (1863). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rathen, Radkow tracksite, which is in an Artinskian/Capitanian terrestrial horizon in Poland.

It was recombined as Dimetropus leisnerianus by Geinitz (1863), Haubold (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. divaricatus, S. gracilis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Dimetropus leisnerianus Geinitz
1863Saurichnites leisnerianus Geintiz
1882Saurichnites leisnerianus Geinitz and Deichmüller p. 9
1908Ichnium acrodactylum Pabst p. 433
1971Dimetropus leisnerianus Haubold p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusSaurichnitesKaup 1835
speciesleisnerianusGeintiz 1863

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.

†Saurichnites leisnerianus Geintiz 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available