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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.

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

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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
No diagnoses are available
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 Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 170.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Callovian171.6 - 161.2USA (Utah) Carmelopodus untermannorum (57010)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Utah) Carmelopodus untermannorum (type locality: 123299)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Megalosauridae indet. (82489)