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Parabrontopodus

Osteichthyes - Parabrontopodidae

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by M. Carrano on 2005-11-30; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-12-15

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Elephantopoides Kaever and Lapparent p. 524
1995Parabrontopodus Lockley et al. p. 140
2002Parabrontopodus Lockley et al. p. 378
2003Elephantopoides Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2003Parabrontopodus Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2004Parabrontopodus Niedzwiedzki and Pienkowski p. 336
2006Parabrontopodus Le Loeuff et al. p. 707
2011Elephantopoides Diedrich p. 136
2021Parabrontopodus Meyer et al. p. 547

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropoda()
familyParabrontopodidae
genusParabrontopodus

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. †Parabrontopodus Lockley et al. 1995
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Parabrontopodus barkhausensis Kaever and Lapparent 1974
Parabrontopodus distercii Meijide Fuentes et al. 2001
Parabrontopodus mcintoshi Lockley et al. 1995
Invalid names: Elephantopoides Kaever and Lapparent 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. G. Lockley et al. 1995Narrow sauropod trackway of medium to large size (footprint length about 50–90 cm), characterized by no space between trackway midline and inside margin of pes tracks. Pes footprint longer than wide with long axis rotated outward. Pes claw impressions, corresponding to digit s I, II and III show strong outward rotation. Manus tracks semicircular and small in comparison with pes tracks (i.e. pronounced heteropody).
C. A. Meyer et al. 2021Narrow sauropod trackway of medium- to-large size (footprint length about 50–90 cm), character- ized by no space between trackway mid-line and inside margin of pes tracks. Pes footprint longer than wide with long axis rotated outward. Pes claw impressions corresponding to digits I, II, and III show strong outward rotation. Manus tracks semicircular and small in comparison with pes tracks (i.e., pronounced heteropody) (Lockley et al. 1994c).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Albian or 201.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) P. sp. (83229 84260)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Sauropoda indet. (68776)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) P. sp. (56999) Sauropoda indet. (56964)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Romania P. sp. (143604)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) P. sp. (194080) Sauropoda indet. (68887)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Sauropodomorpha indet. (88344)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy (Verona) P. sp. (68886)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Guizhou) P. sp. (224182)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Niedersachsen) Sauropoda indet. (121154)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Chile (Antofagasta) P. sp. (52810)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Colorado) Sauropoda indet. (156134)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Spain (Aragón) P. sp. (59082)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Sauropoda indet. (52919)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Switzerland (Jura) P. sp. (88123) Sauropoda indet. (149601)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal (Setúbal) Sauropoda indet. (61662 61663 61664 61665)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Elephantopoides sp. (182491 182493)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Switzerland (Neuchâtel) P. sp. (155021)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. sp. (190672)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1France (Jura) P. sp. (53910) Sauropoda indet. (53911)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Croatia (Istarska) P. sp. (69753 205810)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Spain (Castilla y Leon) P. distercii (68466)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Jiangsu) P. sp. (109247 109248 109249 109251)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) P. sp. (224903)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6China (Beijing) Deltapodus sp. (153397) Dinosauria indet. (220020)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4China (Xinjiang) P. sp. (214450)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Spain (La Rioja) P. sp. (61859)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Shandong) P. sp. (219976 219977 219980 219981)
Albian113.2 - 100.5China (Shandong) P. sp. (219854) Sauropoda indet. (219972)