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Sauropus barrattii

Reptilia - Sauropodidae

Taxonomy
Sauroidichnites barrattii was named by Hitchcock (1837). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 1/1, 1/7, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Anomoepus barrattii by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Chimaera barrattii by Hitchcock (1858); it was recombined as Chimaerichnus barratti by Hitchcock (1871); it was recombined as Chimaerichnus barrattii by Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898); it was recombined as Chimaera barratti by Lyman (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Anomoepus intermedius by Lull (1904); it was misspelled as Sauroidichnites barratti by Miller (1879), Hay (1930); it was considered a nomen vanum by Gierlinski (1996); it was recombined as Sauropus barrattii by Hitchcock (1845), Hay (1902), Lull (1915), Lull (1917), Bock (1952), Lull (1953), Baird (1954), Kuhn (1963), Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971), Haubold (1974), Thulborn and Wade (1984), Dalman and Weems (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sauroidichnites barrattii Hitchcock p. 175 figs. Pl. 14:1
1841Sauroidichnites barrattii Hitchcock p. 477
1845Sauropus barrattii Hitchcock p. 24
1848Anomoepus barrattii Hitchcock p. 225 figs. Pl. 14:1
1858Chimaera barrattii Hitchcock p. 118
1871Chimaerichnus barratti Hitchcock p. xxi
1879Sauroidichnites barratti Miller p. 147
1889Chimaerichnus barrattii Hitchcock p. 118
1894Chimaera barratti Lyman p. 206
1898Chimaerichnus barrattii Hitchcock p. 401
1902Sauropus barrattii Hay p. 550
1915Sauropus barrattii Lull p. 217 fig. 69
1917Sauropus barrattii Lull p. 118
1930Sauropus barratii Hay p. 20
1952Sauropus barrattii Bock p. 405
1953Sauropus barrattii Lull pp. 205-208 figs. 73-74
1954Sauropus barrattii Baird p. 184
1963Sauropus barrattii Kuhn p. 91
1969Sauropus barrattii Haubold p. 102 fig. 9
1971Sauropus barrattii Haubold p. 73
1974Sauropus barrattii Haubold p. 131
1984Sauropus barrattii Thulborn and Wade p. 450
2013Sauropus barrattii Dalman and Weems p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
—Theropoda()
familySauropodidae
genusSauropus
speciesbarrattii()

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.

†Sauropus barrattii Hitchcock 1837
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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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5USA (Massachusetts) Sauroidichnites barrattii (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) Anomoepus barrattii (52993) Chimaera barrattii (52996 91669) Sauroidichnites barrattii (52987 52994 53028)