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Hadrosauropodus leonardii

Reptilia - Iguanodontipodidae

Taxonomy
Caririchnium leonardii was named by Lockley (1987). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Trackway A, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Alameda Parkway tracksite, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian estuary/bay sandstone/siltstone in the Muddy Sandstone Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Hadrosauropodus leonardii by Díaz-Martínez et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Caririchnium leonardii Lockley p. 113 figs. 2, 4-5
1990Caririchnium leonardii Thulborn p. 191
1991Caririchnium leonardii Currie et al. p. 104
1994Caririchnium leonardii Lockley p. 350
1999Caririchnium leonardii Wright p. 217
2001Caririchnium leonardii Lockley et al. p. 90
2001Caririchnium leonardii Lockley and Wright p. 435 fig. 29.4
2004Caririchnium leonardii Huh and Hwang p. 326
2005Caririchnium leonardii Matsukawa et al. p. 213
2006Caririchnium leonardii Lucas and Hunt p. 79
2007Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al. p. 1597
2009Caririchnium leonardii Kim et al. p. 1393
2011Caririchnium leonardii Kappus et al. p. 280
2014Caririchnium leonardii Lockley et al. p. 726
2014Caririchnium leonardii Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 344
2015Hadrosauropodus leonardii Díaz-Martínez et al. pp. 12, 34, 36
2015Caririchnium leonardii Weems and Bachman p. 214
2015Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al. p. 26
2015Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al. p. 323
2016Caririchnium leonardii Kim et al. p. 6
2016Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al. p. 189
2018Caririchnium leonardii Lockley et al. p. 395
2019Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al.
2021Caririchnium leonardii Leonardi and Carvalho p. 232
2021Caririchnium leonardii Xing et al. p. 74

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
familyIguanodontipodidae
genusHadrosauropodus
speciesleonardii()

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.

†Hadrosauropodus leonardii Lockley 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015Pes tracks belonging to Hadrosauropodus with a heel impression as wide as or slightly wider than the width of the proximal part of the digit III impression; proximal part of the pads of digits II and IV situated in the medial-distal part of the heel pad; manus tracks are ovoid to rectangular, with the digit I impression in the proximal part and directed medially.
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2USA (Virginia) Caririchnium leonardii (97942)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) Caririchnium leonardii (52080 54141 54143)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Colorado) Caririchnium leonardii (55194 55197 55199 55200 55201 55202 55204 55205)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oklahoma) Caririchnium leonardii (55203)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Caririchnium leonardii (66901) Caririchnium sp. (type locality: 66900)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Colorado) Caririchnium leonardii (55196)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Colorado) Ornithopoda indet. (60595)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Caririchnium leonardii (78054)