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Minisauripus chuanzhuensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Minisauripus chuanzhuensis was named by Zhen et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CFEC-A-1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Emei tracksite, Xingfu cliff, Chuanzhu, which is in a Barremian/Albian eolian mudstone/sandstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Zhen et al. p. 115 fig. 6
2008Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 124
2009Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 669
2011Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano p. 78
2011Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 478
2013Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 11
2013Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 47
2015Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Milàn and Surlyk p. 433
2016Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 186
2016Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 30–31
2017Minisauripus chuanzhuensis 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
specieschuanzhuensis

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 chuanzhuensis Zhen et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Zhen et al. 1994Typically small, bipedal forms, footprints tridactyl, feet small (less than 3 cm. long), the angle between digits also small, the phalangeal pad impressions not very clear, stride and pace very long, no manus or caudal impressions.
L. Xing et al. 2016Small tridactyl track with sub-parallel, elongate, well-padded digits with blunt distal terminations connected to narrow distal claw traces. Digit III only slightly longer than IV, which is slightly longer than digit II. Phalangeal formula of 2–3–?4 for digits II, III and IV, respectively, discernible in well preserved examples. Trackway 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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Sichuan) Minisauripus chuanzhuensis (type locality: 60497)