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Sauropus

Reptilia - Sauropodidae

Taxonomy

Sauropus was named by Hitchcock (1845). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Pentedactylidae by Hitchcock (1845); to Batrachia by Owen (1861); to Orthopoda by Lull (1917); to Anomoepodidae by Lull (1915), Lull (1953); to Ornithischia by Kuhn (1958), Kuhn (1963); and to Sauropodidae by Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971), Haubold (1974).

Species

S. (Sauroidichnites), S. barrattii, S. ingens

Synonyms

Aethyopus was named by Hitchcock (1848). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fulicopus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Sauropus by Lull (1915).

It was assigned to Struthionidae by Hitchcock (1848).
Chimaera was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Chimaerichnus by Hitchcock (1871), Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Sauropus by Lull (1915), Lull (1953), Haubold (1969).
Chimaerichnus was named by Hitchcock (1871). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sauropus by Hay (1902), Lull (1915), Lull (1953), Kuhn (1958), Haubold (1969).

It was assigned to Dinosauria by Hitchcock (1898).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1845	Sauropus Hitchcock p. 24
1848	Aethyopus Hitchcock p. 178
1858	Chimaera Hitchcock p. 118
1861	Sauropus Owen p. 192
1871	Chimaerichnus Hitchcock p. xxi
1898	Chimaerichnus Hitchcock p. 401
1915	Sauropus Lull p. 216
1917	Sauropus Lull p. 118
1953	Sauropus Lull p. 204
1958	Sauropus Kuhn p. 24
1963	Sauropus Kuhn p. 91
1969	Sauropus Haubold p. 100
1971	Sauropus Haubold p. 73
1974	Sauropus Haubold p. 45

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
family	Sauropodidae
genus	Sauropus

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. †Sauropus Hitchcock 1845

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Subg. †Sauropus (Sauroidichnites) Hitchcock 1837

†Sauropus barrattii Hitchcock 1837

†Sauropus ingens Hitchcock 1889

Invalid names: Aethyopus Hitchcock 1848 [synonym], Chimaera Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Chimaerichnus Hitchcock 1871 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1848 (Aethyopus)	Foot tridactylous, expanded, winged: phalangeal impressions in the track shallow. (Other characters the same as those of the Brontozoum, except in respect to the extremity of the tarso-metatarsal bone, whose character in this genus has not been observed.)

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: base of the Norian to the top of the Hettangian or 227.30000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (New Jersey)	Chimaerichnus ingens (46622)
Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	USA (Massachusetts)	Sauroidichnites barrattii (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian	201.4 - 192.9	USA (Massachusetts)	Anomoepus barrattii (52993) Chimaera barrattii (52996 91669) Sauroidichnites barrattii (52987 52994 53028)