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Isochirotherium delicatum

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Isochirotherium delicatum was named by Courel and Demathieu (1976). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is piste IV, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Le Roubreau tracksite, Largentière mine, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial sandstone in the Grès Inférieurs du Roubreau Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Isochirotherium delicatum Courel and Demathieu p. 204
2000Isochirotherium delicatum Avanzini p. 248
2004Isochirotherium delicatum Demathieu and Demathieu p. 85
2007Isochirotherium delicatum Gand et al. p. 12
2011Isochirotherium delicatum Klein et al. p. 223
2012Isochirotherium delicatum Gand et al. p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusIsochirotherium
speciesdelicatum

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.

†Isochirotherium delicatum Courel and Demathieu 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Courel and G. Demathieu 1976la masse des quatre premiers orteils ets étroite. Les 2ème et 3ème sont de longueurs sensiblement égales et bien développés. Les 1er et 4ème sont très courts. La griffe du permier est bien visible, celle du 4ème, petite et peu imprimée. Le coussinet digito-métatarsien V, en position postérieure, est situé sous les orteils III et IV; son développement est variable mais est assez réduit. Il n'existe pas de trace de la partie phalangienne du 5ème orteil. La main est petite et située à l'avant du pied, devant les 1er et 2ème rayons.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Isochirotherium delicatum (194584)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Isochirotherium delicatum (154341)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Isochirotherium delicatum (type locality: 192151)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Isochirotherium delicatum (28462)