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Synaptichnium priscum

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Synaptichnium priscum was named by Demathieu (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 21.1 FL, GGPD coll., a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chasselay tracksite, level C (BQ), which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Grès Inférieurs du Lyonnais Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Synaptichnium priscum Courel et al. p. 277
1970Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu p. 111
1971Synaptichnium priscum Haubold p. 54
1972Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1974Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu and Haubold p. 62
1974Synaptichnium priscum Haubold p. 117
1985Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu p. 59
1995Synaptichnium priscum Courel and Demathieu p. 87
2007Synaptichnium priscum Gand et al. p. 12
2011Synaptichnium priscum Klein et al. p. 223
2012Synaptichnium priscum Gand et al. p. 69

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusSynaptichniumNopcsa 1923
speciespriscum

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.

†Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Synaptichnium priscum (type locality: 31310)