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Grallator crassidigitus

Osteichthyes - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Prototrisauropus crassidigitus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Seaka tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Prototrisauropus.

It was recombined as Grallator crassidigitus by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Prototrisauropus crassidigitus Ellenberger p. 345
1972Prototrisauropus crassidigitus Ellenberger p. 45
1984Grallator crassidigitus Olsen and Galton p. 96 fig. 3
2021Prototrisauropus crassidigitus Klein and Lucas p. 100

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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
speciescrassidigitus()

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 crassidigitus Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Ellenberger 1972Cette espèce répond aux normes génériques données plus haut, dans leur ensemble.
- PES: Longueur du pied, 400 mm (du doigt, II, 221 mm; de III, 265 mm; de IV, 300 mm; projection de III en avant du bout des doigts latéraux, 110 mm). Largeur du pied entre l'extrémité des doigts latéraux, 260 mm.
Divarication totale II-IV , 42° (II-III, 20° ; III-IV , 22°). Les coussinets de phalanges sont bien visibles au moins pour les traces au sol dur.
- MANUS: Invisible.
- PISTE: Enjambée 3,00 m à 3,10 m (Pas = 1,50 m à 1,55 mm, Ped angulatio, 7 à 8°, Ecartement 0,19 m à 0,21 m: la démarche se fait donc d'une façon un peu oscillante (dandinement), Pour la 2ème piste le pas n'est que de 1,05 m, ped. angulatio de 9°. Il est curieux pour cette variété au pas lent de voir un appui exclusif sur la pointe des pieds.
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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Lesotho (Quthing) Prototrisauropus crassidigitus (type locality: 56003)