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Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri

Reptilia - Delatorrichnopodidae

Taxonomy
Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri was named by Bordy et al. (2020). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Trackway A from the Highlands locality, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Highlands tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian floodplain sandstone in the Lesotho Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Afrodelatorrichnus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri Bordy et al. p. 16

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
familyDelatorrichnopodidae
genusAfrodelatorrichnus
speciesellenbergeri

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.

†Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri Bordy et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. M. Bordy et al. 2020Delatorrichnopodid trackways with outwardly
rotated tridactyl pes, and ?tridactyl manus. Larger than, and differing from, Delatorrichnus in pes trackway width and lack of pes on manus overstep. Also differing from Delatorrichnus in configuration of pes pad impressions which are narrower and more widely separated in Afrodelatorrichnus.
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: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
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
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1South Africa (Free State) Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri (type locality: 231002)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0Zimbabwe (Mashonaland West) Theropoda indet. (231194)