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Rhynchosauroides pallinii

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Rhynchosauroides pallinii was named by Conti et al. (1977). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

R. brunswicki

Synonyms

Collettosaurus palmatus was named by Lull (1942). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is YPM VP 14101, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Old Thermopolis Road tracks, which is in a Spathian fluvial sandstone in the Red Peak Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Rhynchosauroides palmatus by Baird (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchosauroides pallinii by Marchetti et al. (2019).
Eurichnus jenseni was named by Lull (1942). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is YPM VP 14100, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Old Thermopolis Road tracks, which is in a Spathian fluvial sandstone in the Red Peak Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchosauroides palmatus by Baird (1964).
Phalangichnus perwangeri was named by Conti et al. (1977). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchosauroides pallinii by Marchetti et al. (2019).
Ganasauripus ladinus was named by Valentini et al. (2007). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is N. S. 34/80/1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Butterloch-Bletterbach tracksite, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial sandstone in the Arenarie de Val Gardena Formation of Italy.

It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchosauroides pallinii by Marchetti et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1942	Collettosaurus palmatus Lull
1942	Eurichnus jenseni Lull
1964	Rhynchosauroides palmatus Baird
1977	Phalangichnus perwangeri Conti et al.
1977	Rhynchosauroides pallinii Conti et al.
2007	Ganasauripus ladinus Valentini et al.
2019	Rhynchosauroides pallinii Marchetti et al.
2021	Rhynchosauroides pallini Klein and Lucas p. 81

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Episquamata
superfamily	Lacertoidea	Camp 1923
genus	Rhynchosauroides	Maidwell 1911
species	pallinii	Conti et al. 1977

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.

†Rhynchosauroides pallinii Conti et al. 1977

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Invalid names: Ganasauripus ladinus Valentini et al. 2007 [synonym], Phalangichnus perwangeri Conti et al. 1977 [synonym], Rhynchosauroides palmatus Lull 1942 [synonym], Rhynchosauroides schochardti von Lilienstern 1939 [synonym]

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Anisian or 259.90000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lopingian	259.9 - 252.17	Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige)	Rhynchosauroides pallinii, Ganasauripus ladinus (188750)
Spathian	251.3 - 247.2	USA (Wyoming)	Collettosaurus palmatus, Eurichnus jenseni (135638)
Aegean - Bithynian	247.2 - 242.0	USA (Utah)	Rhynchosauroides schochardti (135411)
Aegean - Bithynian	247.2 - 242.0	USA (Arizona)	Rhynchocephalia indet., Akropus sp. (114097)
Anisian	247.2 - 242.0	Poland (Swietoryzskie)	Rhynchosauroides schochardti (175801)