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Argoides redfieldii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites redfieldii was named by Hitchcock (1844). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chicopee Falls tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine - small shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

It was recombined as Argoides redfieldianus by Hitchcock (1845), Hay (1902), Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Argozoum redfieldianum by Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1858), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889) and Hitchcock (1898); it was recombined as Argozoum redfieldi by Quenstedt (1882) and Zittel (1890); it was recombined as Argoides redfieldii by Lull (1917) and Haubold (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. redfieldianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ornithoidichnites redfieldii Hitchcock pp. 304-305 fig. 1
1845Argoides redfieldianus Hitchcock p. 24
1848Argozoum redfieldianum Hitchcock p. 185
1858Argozoum redfieldianum Hitchcock p. 24
1871Argozoum redfieldianum Hitchcock p. xxi
1882Argozoum redfieldi Quenstedt p. 131
1889Argozoum redfieldianum Hitchcock p. 118
1890Argozoum redfieldi Zittel p. 768
1898Argozoum redfieldianum Hitchcock p. 401
1902Argoides redfieldianus Hay p. 540
1904Argoides redfieldianus Lull p. 519
1917Argoides redfieldii Lull p. 120
1930Argoides redfieldianus Hay p. 6
1971Argoides redfieldii Haubold p. 81

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
genusArgoides
speciesredfieldii()

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.

†Argoides redfieldii Hitchcock 1844
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Ornithoidichnites redfieldii (type locality: 53028)