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Himalayadrinda potwari

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Himalayadrinda potwari was named by Malkani (2015). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Baroch Nala tracksite (middle), Malakhel, which is in a Jurassic marginal marine limestone/shale in the Samanasuk Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Himalayadrinda.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Himalayadrinda potwari Malkani p. 83
2016Himalayadrinda potwari Malkani p. 131
2019Himalayadrinda potwari Malkani p. 949

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
genusHimalayadrinda
speciespotwari

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.

†Himalayadrinda potwari Malkani 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Jurassic or 174.70000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Pakistan (Punjab) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 80012)