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Trichristolopus dubius

Osteichthyes - Thecodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Trichristolopus dubius was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Patisi tracksite, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone in Lesotho. It is the type species of Trichristolopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Trichristolopus dubius Ellenberger p. 343
1972Trichristolopus dubius Ellenberger p. 24

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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()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
familyThecodontosauridaeLydekker 1890
genusTrichristolopus
speciesdubius

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.

†Trichristolopus dubius Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Triassic or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Lesotho (Mokhotlong) Trichristolopus dubius (type locality: 206537)