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Selenichnus falcatus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Selenichnus falcatus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 42/6-7, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts. It is the type species of Selenichnus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock p. 133 figs. Pls. 23, 60
1861Selenichnus falcatus Deane p. 48
1871Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock p. 119
1894Selenichnus falcatus Lyman p. 206
1895Selenichnus falcatus Lyman figs. Pl. 609
1898Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock p. 402
1902Selenichnus falcatus Hay p. 551
1904Selenichnus falcatus Lull p. 498
1915Selenichnus falcatus Lull p. 206
1917Selenichnus falcatus Lull p. 117
1930Selenichnus falcatus Hay p. 20
1953Selenichnus falcatus Lull pp. 160-161
1963Selenichnus falcatus Kuhn p. 81
1971Selenichnus falcatus Haubold p. 73

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
genusSelenichnus
speciesfalcatusHitchcock 1858

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.

†Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock 1858
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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: 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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Utah) Selenichnus falcatus (121305)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Massachusetts) Selenichnus falcatus (type locality: 52986)