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Grallator emeiensis

Osteichthyes - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Grallator emeiensis was named by Zhen et al. (1994). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CFEC-C-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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Grallator emeiensis Zhen et al. p. 112 fig. 3
2007Grallator emeiensis Wings et al. p. 125
2008Grallator emeiensis Fujita et al. p. 41 fig. 10
2008Grallator emeiensis Lockley et al. p. 116
2009Grallator emeiensis Xing et al. p. 669
2011Grallator emiensis Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano p. 78
2011Grallator emeiensis Xing et al. p. 478
2013Grallator emeiensis Lockley et al. p. 11
2013Grallator emeiensis Xing et al. p. 47
2015Grallator emeiensis Milàn and Surlyk p. 433
2015Grallator emeiensis Xing et al. p. 1011
2016Grallator emeiensis Xing et al. p. 37
2017Grallator emeiensis Wang et al. p. 88
2021Grallator emeiensis Leonardi and Carvalho p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
speciesemeiensis

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.

†Grallator emeiensis Zhen et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Albian125.77 - 100.5China (Sichuan) Grallator emeiensis (type locality: 60497)