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Chelichnus ambiguum

Caseidae

Taxonomy
Chelichnus ambiguum was named by Jardine (1853). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Laoporus ambiguus by Jardine (1853), Haubold (1971), Ellenberger (1972) and Courel and Demathieu (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Chelichnus ambiguum Jardine
1853Laoporus ambiguus Jardine
1959Chelichnus ambiguum Schmidt p. 53
1971Laoporus ambiguus Haubold p. 40
1972Laoporus ambiguus Ellenberger p. 27
1976Laoporus ambiguus Courel and Demathieu p. 213

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusChelichnus
speciesambiguumJardine 1853

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.

†Chelichnus ambiguum Jardine 1853
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available