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Herpetichnus bucklandi

Osteichthyes - Caseidae

Taxonomy
Herpetichnus bucklandi was named by Jardine (1850). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Corncockle Quarry, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial sandstone in the Corncockle Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Chelichnus bucklandi by Jardine (1853), Schmidt (1959), Haubold (1971), McKeever and Haubold (1996).

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2015-11-24

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Herpetichnus bucklandi Jardine p. 209
1850Herpetichnus sauroplesius Jardine p. 209
1853Chelichnus bucklandi Jardine
1959Chelichnus bucklandi Schmidt p. 54
1971Chelichnus bucklandi Haubold p. 37
1996Chelichnus bucklandi McKeever and Haubold

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusHerpetichnus
speciesbucklandi

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.

Herpetichnus bucklandi Jardine 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Cisuralian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Herpetichnus bucklandi (type locality: 174685)