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Otozoum grandcombensis

Reptilia - Otozoidae

Taxonomy
Otozoum grandcombensis was named by Gand et al. (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UM2 P1, M2, trackway 7, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is F1 tracksite, Grand-Combe, which is in a Norian marginal marine dolomite in the Grès supérieurs et Argilites bariolées Formation of France.

It was recombined as Pseudotetrasauropus grandcombensis by Rainforth (2003), Lockley et al. (2006), D'Orazi Porchetti and Nicosia (2007), Klein and Lucas (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Otozoum grandcombensis Gand et al. p. 605
2003Otozoum grandcombensis Nicosia and Loi p. 137
2003Pseudotetrasauropus grandcombensis Rainforth p. 817
2005Otozoum grandcombensis Gand et al. p. 72
2006Pseudotetrasauropus grandcombensis Lockley et al. p. 203
2006Otozoum grandcombensis Thulborn p. 294
2007Pseudotetrasauropus grandcombensis D'Orazi Porchetti and Nicosia p. 228
2021Pseudotetrasauropus grandcombensis Klein and Lucas p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Bagualosauria
Plateosauria()
Anchisauria
Prosauropoda()
familyOtozoidae
genusOtozoum
speciesgrandcombensis

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.

Otozoum grandcombensis Gand et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Gand et al. 2000Empreintes de bipèdes tétradactyles I- IV, plantigrades, occasionnellement quadrupèdes. Les autopodes antérieurs et postérieurs un peu plus longs que larges, aux doigts bien écartés et griffus, ont la même longueur dépassant un peu 50 cm. Les dimensions relatives des orteils sont I
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7France (Occitanie) Otozoum grandcombensis (type locality: 194070)