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Afrodelatorrichnus
Taxonomy
Afrodelatorrichnus was named by Bordy et al. (2020). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri.
It was assigned to Delatorrichnopodidae by Bordy et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Delatorrichnopodidae by Bordy et al. (2020).
Species
A. ellenbergeri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Afrodelatorrichnus Bordy et al. p. 15 |
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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.
G. †Afrodelatorrichnus Bordy et al. 2020
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†Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri Bordy et al. 2020
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. M. Bordy et al. 2020 | Trackway of a small quadruped with tridactyl pes and ?tridactyl manus recording a distinctive gait in which outwardly rotated pes registered outside, or ‘lateral’ to, trackway midline and manus registered on or inside, or ‘medial’ to, trackway midline. Moderate heteropody, with pes more than twice and long and wide as manus. Marked contrast between moderately wide pes trackway width, more than twice pes width, giving pes pace angulation of about 150 ̊ compared with narrow manus trackway width and very high manus pace angulation > 180 ̊. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Jurassic to the top of the Toarcian or 174.70000 to 174.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliensbachian - Toarcian | South Africa (Free State) | A. ellenbergeri (231002) | |
| Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic | Zimbabwe (Mashonaland West) | Theropoda indet. (231194) |