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Changpeipus carbonicus

Osteichthyes - Avetheropoda

Taxonomy
Changpeipus carbonicus was named by Young (1960). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is IVPP V2470, 2472, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sungsankang coal mine tracksite, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial coal/sandstone in the Tuntianying Formation of China. It is the type species of Changpeipus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Changpeipus carbonicus Young p. 59
1963Changpeipus carbonicus Kuhn p. 101
1971Changpeipus carbonicus Haubold p. 79
1974Changpeipus carbonicus Haubold p. 138
1979Changpeipus carbonicus Young pp. 116-117
1989Changpeipus carbonicus Zhen et al. p. 193
1990Changpeipus carbonicus Thulborn p. 150
2007Changpeipus carbonicus Lü et al. p. 441
2008Changpeipus carbonicus Fujita et al. p. 41 fig. 10
2009Changpeipus carbonicus Milner et al. pp. 10-11
2009Changpeipus carbonicus Xing et al. p. 18
2013Changpeipus carbonicus Lockley et al. p. 7
2014Changpeipus carbonicus Xing et al. p. 344
2016Changpeipus carbonicus Wang et al. p. 11
2017Changpeipus carbonicus Li and Zhang p. 280
2018Changpeipus carbonicus Gand et al. p. 205
2021Changpeipus carbonicus Li et al. p. 13
2021Changpeipus carbonicus Xing et al.
2025Changpeipus carbonicus Foster et al. p. 301

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
orderAvetheropoda
infraorderCarnosauria()
genusChangpeipus
speciescarbonicus

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.

†Changpeipus carbonicus Young 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Zhen et al. 1989Quadrupedal, tridactyl, semi-plantigrade. No trace of the hallux. About three to four times larger than Grallator (Jeholosauripus) s-satoi. The pes length is 29.2–38.2 cm and the width is 19.3–23.4 cm. The angles between the digits are II-26°-III-36*-IV. General outline is deltoid. Fourth digit projects farther than the second. Manus print present with digits I-III. Digit III is rudimentary. The manus length is 13.3 cm and the width is 7.0 cm. The angles between the digits are I-35°-II-18°-III.
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: carnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:32
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Jurassic to the top of the Albian or 201.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1China (Jilin) Changpeipus carbonicus (type locality: 60515)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Changpeipus carbonicus (60459)