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Minisauripus zhenshuonani

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Minisauripus zhenshuonani was named by Lockley et al. (2008). Its type specimen is CU 214.103-104, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Houzuoshan Dinosaur Park, which is in a Barremian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Tianjialou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Minisauripus zhenshuonani Lockley et al. pp. 124-125 fig. 10
2010Minisauripus zhenshuonani Xing et al. p. 449
2011Minisauripus zhenshuonani Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano p. 78
2012Minisauripus zhenshuonani Kim et al. p. 51
2013Minisauripus zhenshuonani Lockley et al. p. 13
2016Minisauripus zhenshuonani Xing et al. p. 31
2017Minisauripus zhenshuonani Wang et al. p. 88

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
genusMinisauripus
specieszhenshuonani

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.

†Minisauripus zhenshuonani Lockley et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Xing et al. 2016Small, elongate, tridactyl track with parallel digits with conspicuous claw traces. Track narrower than in M. chuanzhuensis with digits less divergent, and digit II relatively shorter. Pace and stride about 10 times footprint length and typically longer than in M. chuanzhuensis. Trackway very narrow.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Albian or 129.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0China (Sichuan) Minisauripus zhenshuonani (220001)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Shandong) Minisauripus sp. (type locality: 75918)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Theropoda indet. (59177)