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Komlosaurus carbonis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Komlosaurus carbonis was named by Kordos (1983). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MAFI V.12692 (Vt. 88.), a footprint (slab with two positive imprints), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pécs-Vasas II mine, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Mecsek Coal Formation of Hungary. It is the type species of Komlosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Komlosaurus carbonis Kordos p. 505 figs. 1-5
2000Komlosaurus carbonis Gand et al. p. 618
2000Komlosaurus carbonis Kordos p. 16
2011Komlosaurus carbonis Osi et al. p. 82

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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()
—Ornithischia()
genusKomlosaurus
speciescarbonis

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.

†Komlosaurus carbonis Kordos 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Kordos 1983Kisméretü, háromujjú, biped dinosaurus. Keskeny, hosszú ujjnyomokkal, nyújtott talpliász, hettangi.
A. Osi et al. 2011(based on the type material, supplemented by 102 tracks of 21 trackways of slabs PB1 and PB2): functionally tridactyl tracks of a biped with the following combination of traits: foot length/width ratio lower than 2.0; digit impressions slender and elongate (compared to Grallator and Kayentapus); digit impressions frequently curved; digit divarication angles high with an average angle of 72◦ between digits II and IV; metatarsal pad and hallux impressions frequent; metatarsal impression confluent with proximal digit impressions.
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Hungary (Southern Transdanubia) Komlosaurus carbonis (157246)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Baranya) Komlosaurus carbonis (type locality: 83228 141179)