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Eutynichnium lusitanicum

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Eutynichnium lusitanicum was named by Nopcsa (1923). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MNHN-MG-P261, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cap Mondego tracksite (basal), which is in an Oxfordian estuary/bay marl/sandstone in the Vale Verde Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Eutynichnium.

It was recombined as Megalosauropus (Eutynichnium) lusitanicum by Antunes (1976); it was considered a nomen dubium by Lockley et al. (1996); it was considered a nomen nudum by dos Santos (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Eutynichnium lusitanicum Nopcsa
1958Eutynichnium lusitanicum Kuhn p. 26
1963Eutynichnium lusitanicum Kuhn p. 100
1971Eutynichnium lusitanicum Haubold p. 77
1976Megalosauropus (Eutynichnium) lusitanicum Antunes p. 20
2000Eutynichnium lusitanicum Lockley et al. p. 322
2009Eutynichnium lusitanicum Boutakiout et al. p. 42
2012Eutynichnium lusitanicum Jiménez Hernández et al. p. 35
2014Eutynichnium lusitanicum McCrea et al. p. 9
2017Eutynichnium lusitanicum Razzolini et al. p. 18
2018Eutynichnium lusitanicum Gand et al. p. 204
2018Eutynichnium lusitanicum Marty et al. p. 943
2018Eutynichnium lusitanicum Xing et al. p. 1750
2020Eutynichnium lusitanicum Bessedik et al. p. 36
2020Eutynichnium lusitanicum Carvalho p. 14
2021Eutynichnium lusitanicum Meyer et al. p. 553

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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()
genusEutynichnium
specieslusitanicum

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.

Eutynichnium lusitanicum Nopcsa 1923
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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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Portugal (Centro) Ornithopoda indet. (type locality: 49214)