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Parabrontopodus mcintoshi

Reptilia - Parabrontopodidae

Taxonomy
Parabrontopodus mcintoshi was named by Lockley et al. (1995). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CU-MWC 190.5, a footprint (cast of manus-pes set), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Purgatoire River tracksite, Unit B2, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian coastal lime mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Lockley et al. p. 140 figs. 3-5
2003Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Avanzini et al. p. 188
2006Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Foster and Lockley p. 205
2006Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Lee and Lee p. 6
2007Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Romano et al. p. 269
2009Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Kim et al. p. 14
2009Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Pienkowski et al. p. 466
2009Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Santos et al. p. 416 fig. 8
2010Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Marty et al. p. 125
2010Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Xing et al. p. 455
2012Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Kim and Lockley p. 84
2012Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Romano and Whyte p. 77
2013Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Castanera et al. p. 15
2013Parabrontopodus macintoshi Xing et al. p. 128
2014Parabrontopodus mccintoshi Lockley and Gierlinksi p. 140
2015Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. p. 149
2015Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Xing et al. p. 27
2015Parabrontopodus macintoshi Xing et al. p. 358
2016Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Salisbury et al. p. 48
2020Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Moreau et al. p. 9
2021Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Meyer et al. p. 547
2021Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Poropat et al. p. 31
2022Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Tomaselli et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
familyParabrontopodidae
genusParabrontopodus
speciesmcintoshi

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.

†Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Lockley et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 52919)