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Yacoraitichnus avis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Yacoraitichnus avis was named by Alonso and Marquillas (1986). Its type locality is Quebrada del Tapón tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian paralic sandstone in the Yacoraite Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Yacoraitichnus avis Alonso and Marquillas p. 39 fig. 4
1992Yacoraitichnus avis Lockley p. 274
1993Yacoraitichnus avis Jaillard et al. p. 637
2016Yacoraitichnus avis De Valais et al. p. 15
2017Yacoraitichnus avis Cónsole-Gonella et al. p. 338

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
genusYacoraitichnus
speciesavis

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.

†Yacoraitichnus avis Alonso and Marquillas 1986
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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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Jujuy) Yacoraitichnus sp. (219388)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Salta) Yacoraitichnus avis (type locality: 13306)