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Rectilinetopus ourikensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rectilinetopus ourikensis was named by Biron and Dutuit (1981). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ourika Valley tracksites (general), which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Oukaïmeden Sandstone Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Rectilinetopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Rectilinetopus ourikensis Biron and Dutuit p. 409

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—Phytosauria(Jaeger 1828)
genusRectilinetopus
speciesourikensis

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.

†Rectilinetopus ourikensis Biron and Dutuit 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available