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Carmelopodus untermannorum

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Carmelopodus untermannorum was named by Lockley et al. (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CU-MWC 184.12, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chew Road tracksites (DNM), which is in a Bajocian marginal marine sandstone/limestone in the Carmel Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Carmelopodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Carmelopodus untermannorum Lockley et al. p. 260 fig. 7
1999Carmelopodus untermannorum Gierlinski and Pienkowski p. 337
2012Carmelopodus untermannorum Tweet et al. p. 315
2025Carmelopodus untermannorum Foster et al. p. 298

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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()
—Theropoda()
genusCarmelopodus
speciesuntermannorum

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.

†Carmelopodus untermannorum Lockley et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Foster et al. 2025Tridactyl, subsymmetrical tracks of a biped. Digital pad formula 2-3-3 for Digits II–IV; well-defined claw imprints are present. Tracks almost as wide as long, with wide digit divarication angles, especially between Digits II–III. Trackways narrow with the axis of Digit III parallel to the trackway axis.
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
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.60000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (Utah) Carmelopodus untermannorum (type locality: 123299)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Callovian168.6 - 161.5USA (Utah) Carmelopodus untermannorum (57010)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Megalosauridae indet. (82489)