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Taxonomy
Kalosauropus was named by Ellenberger (1970).
It was considered a nomen nudum by Nicosia and Loi (2003) and Rainforth (2003).
It was assigned to Ornithischia by Ellenberger (1972); to Prosauropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003); to Prosauropoda by Knoll (2005); and to Otozoidae by Lockley et al. (2006).
It was considered a nomen nudum by Nicosia and Loi (2003) and Rainforth (2003).
It was assigned to Ornithischia by Ellenberger (1972); to Prosauropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003); to Prosauropoda by Knoll (2005); and to Otozoidae by Lockley et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Kalosauropus Ellenberger p. 349 |
| 1972 | Kalosauropus Ellenberger p. 152 |
| 2003 | Kalosauropus Romero Molina et al. p. 24 |
| 2005 | Kalosauropus Knoll p. 85 |
| 2006 | Kalosauropus Lockley et al. p. 205 |
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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. †Kalosauropus Ellenberger 1970
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†Kalosauropus masitisii Ellenberger 1970
†Kalosauropus pollex Ellenberger 1970
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. G. Lockley et al. 2006 | Small, gracile footprint ranging from 7.0–9.0 cm in length; digits II-IV anteriorly directed, subparallel, and slightly curved with laterally convexity but not in contact along their lenghts; digit III longer than II and IV, which are subequal in length; digit I not impressed except for a distal claw impression located on the medial side of digit II about midway along the track length. |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Norman and Weishampel 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.30000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Otozoum pollex (56965) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | Lesotho (Quthing) | K. masitisii (84063) | |
| Pliensbachian | Lesotho (Leribe) | K. pollex (56001) |