PBDB Taxon

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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.

Year	Name and author
1994	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Zhen et al. p. 115 fig. 6
2008	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 124
2009	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 669
2011	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano p. 78
2011	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 478
2013	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 11
2013	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 47
2015	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Milàn and Surlyk p. 433
2016	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Lockley et al. p. 186
2016	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Xing et al. p. 30–31
2017	Minisauripus chuanzhuensis Wang et al. p. 88

Reference	Diagnosis
S. Zhen et al. 1994	Typically 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. 2016	Small 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.