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Anchisauripodidae

Reptilia - Theropoda - Anchisauripodidae

Taxonomy

Anchisauripodidae was named by Lull (1904). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grallatoridae by Baird (1957), Kuhn (1966) and Demathieu (1989).

It was assigned to Theropoda by Hitchcock and Grier (1927); to Saurischia by Kuhn (1958) and Haubold (1974); to Trisauropodia by Ellenberger (1974); to Coelurosauria by Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972) and Yang and Yang (1987); to Coelurosauria by Lull (1953), Kuhn (1963), Gand (1974) and Zhen et al. (1989); and to Theropoda by Lull (1904), Lull (1915) and Carrano (2025).

Subtaxa

Jeholosauripus, Saltopoides, Stenonyx (syn. Leptonyx), Talmontopus

Synonyms

Otouphepodidae was named by Lull (1915). It is not extant. Its type is Otouphepus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Grallatoridae by Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchisauripodidae by Kuhn (1963) and Haubold (1971).

It was assigned to Theropoda by Lull (1915); and to Saurischia by Kuhn (1958).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 486
1915	Otouphepodidae Lull
1915	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 180
1915	Otouphepodidae Lull p. 187
1927	Anchisauripodidae Hitchcock and Grier p. 186
1953	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 165
1958	Anchisauripodidae Kuhn p. 23
1958	Otouphepodidae Kuhn p. 23
1963	Anchisauripodidae Kuhn p. 77
1969	Anchisauripodidae Haubold p. 99
1971	Anchisauripodidae Haubold p. 65
1972	Anchisauripodidae Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1974	Anchisauripodidae Ellenberger p. 73
1974	Anchisauripodidae Gand p. 9
1974	Anchisauripodidae Haubold p. 41
1987	Anchisauripodidae Yang and Yang p. 9
1989	Anchisauripodidae Zhen et al. p. 187
2025	Anchisauripodidae Carrano

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida

Rank	Name	Author
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
order	Theropoda
family	Anchisauripodidae
family	Anchisauripodidae

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.

Fm. †Anchisauripodidae Lull 1904

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G. †Jeholosauripus Yabe et al. 1940

G. †Saltopoides Lapparent and Montenat 1967

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†Saltopoides igalensis Lapparent and Montenat 1967

G. †Stenonyx Lull 1904

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Invalid names: Leptonyx Hitchcock 1865 [replaced]

G. †Talmontopus Lapparent and Montenat 1967

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†Talmontopus tersi Lapparent and Montenat 1967

Invalid names: Otouphepodidae Lull 1915 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. S. Lull 1904	Bipedal, tetradactylous; hallux, when impressing, rotated to rear, insistent. Well marked phalangeal pads; anterior claws acuminate, but not strongly raptorial. No manus nor caudal impressions.
R. S. Lull 1915	Bipedal, tetradactylous, hallux when impressing rotated to rear. Well marked phalangeal pads; anterior claws acuminate but not strongly raptorial. No caudal impression.