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Laiyangpus liui

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Laiyangpus liui was named by Young (1960). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V2471, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Huangyandi, Peiputze tracksite (IVPP), which is in a Barremian lacustrine sandstone in the Shuinan Formation of China. It is the type species of Laiyangpus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Laiyangpus liui Young pp. 64-65
1963Laiyangpus liui Kuhn p. 101
1971Laiyangpus liui Haubold p. 101
1989Laiyangpus liui Zhen et al. p. 192
2009Laiyangpus liui Xing et al. p. 23
2010Laiyangpus liui Lockley et al. p. 101
2011Laiyangpus liui Li et al. p. 422
2013Laiyangpus liui Lockley et al. p. 11
2013Laiyangpus liui Xing et al. p. 132
2014Laiyangpus liui Lockley et al. p. 775
2016Laiyangpus liui Xing et al. p. 86

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
genusLaiyangpus
speciesliui

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.

†Laiyangpus liui Young 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Zhen et al. 1989Small footprints. Manus with three digits and pes with four digits. Apparently the first digit of the pes and first and fifth of the manus are not preserved. Digits slender and sharply pointed, roughly parallel. Tail impression present. The manus is 1.2–1.9 cm long and 1.7–2.3 cm wide. The pes is 1.8–2.2 cm long and 2.1–2.6 cm wide.