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Grallator lescurei

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Grallator lescurei was named by Demathieu (1990). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Léons tracksite, which is in a Hettangian lagoonal dolomite/claystone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Grallator lescurei Demathieu
1992Grallator lescurei Demathieu and Sciau p. 1562
1993Grallator lescurei Demathieu p. 231
2000Grallator lescurei Gand et al. p. 618
2002Grallator lescurei Demathieu et al. p. 12
2003Grallator lescurei Demathieu p. 59
2005Grallator lescurei Gand et al. p. 32
2008Grallator lescurei Bessedik et al. p. 20
2011Grallator lescurei Lockley et al. p. 335
2012Grallator lescurei Moreau et al. p. 234
2014Grallator lescurei Moreau et al. p. 365
2018Grallator lescurei Moreau et al. p. 37
2019Grallator lescurei Moreau et al. p. 348
2020Grallator lescurei Bessedik et al. p. 34

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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()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
specieslescureiDemathieu 1990

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.

†Grallator lescurei Demathieu 1990
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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: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France (Midi-Pyrénees) Grallator lescurei (type locality: 149978)