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Parabrontopodus barkhausensis
Taxonomy
Elephantopoides barkhausensis was named by Kaever and Lapparent (1974). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Naturkundemuseum, Osnabruck Coll. no. Barkhausen track 1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Barkhausen tracksite (Unit 9), which is in a Kimmeridgian paralic sandstone/claystone in Germany.
It was corrected as Elephantopoides barkhausenensis by Friese (1979); it was recombined as Parabrontopodus barkhausensis by Meyer et al. (2021); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (1995); it was misspelled as Elephantopoides barkhausenensis by Diedrich (2011); it was considered a nomen dubium by Romano and Whyte (2012), Lallensack et al. (2015), Salisbury et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Elephantopoides barkhausenensis by Friese (1979); it was recombined as Parabrontopodus barkhausensis by Meyer et al. (2021); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (1995); it was misspelled as Elephantopoides barkhausenensis by Diedrich (2011); it was considered a nomen dubium by Romano and Whyte (2012), Lallensack et al. (2015), Salisbury et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Elephantopoides barkhausensis Kaever and Lapparent p. 524 |
| 1979 | Elephantopoides barkhausenensis Friese p. 24 |
| 1986 | Elephantopoides barkhausensis Lockley et al. p. 1170 |
| 1990 | Elephantopoides barkhausensis Thulborn p. 307 |
| 2011 | Elephantopoides barkhausenensis Diedrich p. 136 |
| 2021 | Parabrontopodus barkhausensis Meyer et al. p. 548 |
| 2022 | Elephantopoides barkhausensis Tomaselli et al. p. 10 |
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†Parabrontopodus barkhausensis Kaever and Lapparent 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Kaever and A. F. d. Lapparent 1974 | traces ovales, de grande taille (50 x 45 cm) d'un animal quadrupède; marche plantigrade; les traces sont doubles correspondant à la main et au pied du même côté, qui se recouvrent partiellement; enjambée de 100 à 180 cm; faible écartement des traces droites et gauches, ce qui indique la parasagittalité des membres du type Sauropode. | |
| C. A. Meyer et al. 2021 | Trackway of sauropod, with pes trace much larger than manus trace. Pes trace oval, manus tracks semicircular and small in comparison with pes tracks (i.e., pronounced heteropody). Pes footprint longer than wide with long axis positively rotated. Pes with shallow digit impressions. Space between inner margins of pes traces approximately equivalent to one pes width. |
Measurements
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| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 152.21000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 121154) |