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Pteraichnus stokesi

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Taxonomy
Pteraichnus stokesi was named by Lockley et al. (1995). Its type specimen is UW 12368, a footprint (Trackway), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cottonwood Beach tracksite, Alcova, which is in an Oxfordian foreshore limestone in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Pteraichnus stokesi Lockley et al. p. 12
1995Pteraichnus stokesi Lockley and et al.
2000Pteraichnus stokesi Pascual Arribas and Sanz Pérez p. 90 fig. 22
2004Pteraichnus stokesi Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 110
2009Pteraichnus stokesi Sánchez-Hernández et al. pp. 490-491
2013Pteraichnus stokesi Xing et al. p. 48
2015Pteraichnus stokesi Li et al. p. 269

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
familyPteraichnidae
genusPteraichnus
speciesstokesi

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.

Pteraichnus stokesi Lockley et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8USA (Utah) Pteraichnus stokesi (60478)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) Pteraichnus stokesi (type locality: 92104)