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Taupezia landeri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Taupezia landeri was named by Delair (1963). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Delair coll., a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lander's Quarry, Gallows Gore, which is in a Berriasian marginal marine limestone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Taupezia landeri Delair pp. 94-95 fig. 4
1971Taupezia landeri Haubold p. 75
1974Taupezia landeri Haubold p. 139
1990Taupezia landeri Thulborn p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
genusTaupezia
specieslanderi

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.

†Taupezia landeri Delair 1963
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Delair 1963Tridactyle footprints, having the middle digit (II) set at right-angles to the other two (I and III) so as to form an impression of a general T-shape. The middle digit longer than the outer two, and characterized by a gradual tapering towards the anterior terminal border. Outer digits (I and III) more robust, of almost equal length, and terminating in rounded borders.
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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Taupezia landeri (type locality: 80842)