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Barrancapus cresapi
Taxonomy
Barrancapus cresapi was named by Hunt et al. (1993). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is NMMNH P-4782 (trackway A), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH Loc. 55, Barranca Creek, which is in a Lacian terrestrial horizon in the Bull Canyon Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Barrancapus.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Klein and Lucas (2021).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Klein and Lucas (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. p. 200 |
| 2007 | Barrancapus cresapi Hunt and Lucas p. 222 |
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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.
†Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. P. Hunt et al. 1993 | This taxon can be differentiated from other ichnotaxa that represent the tracks of quadrupedal animals by the combination of a pentadactyl pes print with a manus print that has a medially extended digit I impression, short digit II, III and IV impressions and an elongate, anteriorly oriented digit V impression. |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||