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Phalangichnus

Reptilia - Rhynchosauroidae

Taxonomy
Phalangichnus was named by Schmidt (1959). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Phalangichnus alternans.

It was assigned to Procolophonoidea by Haubold (1971); to Cotylosauria by Haubold (1974); and to Rhynchosauroidae by Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki (2004).

Species
P. alternans (type species), P. gagoli, P. gradzinskii, P. simulans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Phalangichnus Schmidt p. 40
1971Phalangichnus Haubold p. 31
1974Phalangichnus Haubold p. 33
2004Phalangichnus Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
familyRhynchosauroidaeHaubold 1966
genusPhalangichnus

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.

G. †Phalangichnus Schmidt 1959
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†Phalangichnus alternans Schmidt 1959
†Phalangichnus gagoli Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki 2004
†Phalangichnus gradzinskii Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki 2004
†Phalangichnus simulans Schmidt 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Ladinian or 251.90200 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) P. gradzinskii, P. gagoli (197230)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) P. sp. (192151)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) P. sp. (28462)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) P. sp. (28092)