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Kayentapus nananensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Chongqingpus nananensis was named by Yang and Yang (1987). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CFNY1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Nan'an tracksite, which is in a Bajocian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Shaximiao Formation of China. It is the type species of Chongqingpus.

It was recombined as Kayentapus nananensis by Lockley et al. (2013), Xing et al. (2013), Li et al. (2021); it was misspelled as Chongqingpus nanasensis by Gand et al. (2018), Xing et al. (2018), Xing et al. (2019), Xing et al. (2021), Foster et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Chongqingpus nananensis Yang and Yang p. 13
2009Chongqingpus nananensis Xing et al. p. 23
2013Kayentapus nananensis Lockley et al. p. 6
2013Kayentapus nananensis Xing et al. p. 121
2018Chongqingpus nanasensis Gand et al. p. 205
2018Chongqingpus nananensis Xing et al. p. 1749
2019Chongqingpus nananensis Xing et al. p. 516
2021Kayentapus nananensis Li et al. p. 19
2021Chongqingpus nananensis Xing et al. p. 199
2025Chongqingpus nananensis Foster et al. p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
genusKayentapus
speciesnananensis()

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.

Kayentapus nananensis Yang and Yang 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Foster et al. 2025Tracks of a tridactyl-tetradactyl biped; Digit I sometimes present as a toe-tip-only imprint. Digit I imprint “half rotated” (oriented anteromedially rather than anteriorly). Digits IIeIV curved inward, with straight digital pads and sharp claw imprints. Digital formula 2-2-3-4.
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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Bajocian or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Chongqing) Chongqingpus nananensis (type locality: 60492)