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Ameghinichnus mirabilis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Eopentapodiscus mirabilis was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 74A, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matsepe tracksite (zone B/1), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian crevasse splay siliciclastic in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Ameghinichnus mirabilis by Olsen and Galton (1984), Foster et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Eopentapodiscus mirabilis Ellenberger p. 348
1974Eopentapodiscus mirabilis Ellenberger p. 129
1984Ameghinichnus mirabilis Olsen and Galton p. 100 fig. 5
2025Ameghinichnus mirabilis Foster et al. p. 275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
genusAmeghinichnus
speciesmirabilis()

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.

†Ameghinichnus mirabilis Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

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 (Mafeteng) Eopentapodiscus mirabilis (type locality: 149707)