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Gruipeda dominguensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gruipeda dominguensis was named by de Valais and Melchor (2008). Its type specimen is LAR Ic-5, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada de Santo Domingo (1648 m), which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/claystone in the Santo Domingo Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Gruipeda dominguensis de Valais and Melchor p. 153 figs. 4-5

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
genusGruipedaPanin and Avram 1962
speciesdominguensis

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.

†Gruipeda dominguensis de Valais and Melchor 2008
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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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Argentina (La Rioja) Gruipeda dominguensis (80860 80861 80862 80863) Trisauropodiscus sp. (type locality: 59672)