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Moraesichnium

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy

Moraesichnium was named by Leonardi (1979).

It was assigned to Hypsilophodontidae by Leonardi (1979), Leonardi (1979), Leonardi (1980); to Ornithopoda by Bonaparte (1980), Leonardi (1981), Leonardi (1989), Lockley (1992); to Carnosauria by Carvalho (1995); to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003); and to Theropoda by Leonardi and Carvalho (2021).

Species

M. barberenae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1979	Moraesichnium Leonardi p. 8
1980	Moraesichnium Bonaparte p. 85
1980	Moraesichnium Leonardi p. 242
1981	Moraesichnium Leonardi p. 933
1989	Moraesichnium Leonardi p. 167
1992	Moraesichnium Lockley p. 271
1995	Moraesichnium Carvalho p. 423
2003	Moraesichnium Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2021	Moraesichnium Leonardi and Carvalho pp. 166, 188

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

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

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. †Moraesichnium Leonardi 1979

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†Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi 1979

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: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Hauterivian or 143.10000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Hauterivian	143.1 - 125.77	Brazil (Paraíba)	M. barberenae (187915) M. barberenae, Ornithischia indet. (56463) M. sp. (187919) Ornithopoda indet. (187905)