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Enigmatopus atlensis

Taxonomy
Enigmatopus atlensis was named by Biron and Dutuit (1981). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ourika Valley tracksites (general), which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Oukaïmeden Sandstone Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Enigmatopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Enigmatopus atlensis Biron and Dutuit p. 415

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
genusEnigmatopus
speciesatlensis

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.

†Enigmatopus atlensis Biron and Dutuit 1981
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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

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Morocco (Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz) Enigmatopus atlensis (type locality: 219917)