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Brasilichnium

Chelichnopodidae

Taxonomy
Brasilichnium was named by Leonardi (1981). Its type is Brasilichnium elusivum.

It was assigned to Synapsida by Hunt and Lucas (2007); and to Chelichnopodidae by Lockley (2011).

Species
B. elusivum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Brasilichnium Leonardi
2007Brasilichnium Hunt and Lucas p. 222
2011Brasilichnium Lockley p. 312

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
familyChelichnopodidae
genusBrasilichniumLeonardi 1981

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.

G. †Brasilichnium Leonardi 1981
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†Brasilichnium elusivum Leonardi 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 192.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7USA (California) B. sp. (52175)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7USA (Nevada) B. sp. (181584)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) B. sp. (36272)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7USA (Idaho) B. sp. (195189)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7USA (Utah) Batrachopus sp. (195166) B. sp. (57009 57069 201625)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Shaanxi) B. sp. (219888 219889)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) B. elusivum (85731)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Brazil (São Paulo) B. elusivum (56560)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Paraná) Mammalia indet. (85829)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) B. sp. (92297)