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Asianopodus pulvinicalx

Reptilia - Eubrontidae

Taxonomy
Asianopodus pulvinicalx was named by Matsukawa et al. (2005). Its type specimen is TGUSE-DT1004, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mekkodani, Okuchi tracksite, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian terrestrial siltstone in the Kuwajima Formation of Japan.

It was corrected as Asianopodus pulvinicalyx by Xing et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Asianopodus pulvinicalx Matsukawa et al. pp. 208-209 figs. 8A, 9-10
2008Asianopodus pulvinicalx Fujita p. 33
2014Asianopodus pulvinicalx Xing et al. p. 308
2018Asianopodus pulvinicalyx Lockley et al. p. 159
2019Asianopodus pulvinicalx Xing et al.
2020Asianopodus pulvinicalx Krapovickas et al. p. 457
2020Asianopodus pulvinicalx Li et al. p. 1877
2021Asianopodus pulvinicalyx Xing et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—Theropoda()
familyEubrontidae
genusAsianopodus
speciespulvinicalx

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.

†Asianopodus pulvinicalx Matsukawa et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Matsukawa et al. 2005As for ichnogenus.
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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Barremian or 137.05000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6China (Xinjiang) Asianopodus pulvinicalx (224359)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 60520)