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Rotodactylus velox

Reptilia - Rotodactylidae

Taxonomy
Rotodactylus velox was named by Demathieu and Gand (1974). It is not extant. Its type specimen is P1-P2 pair, trackway A, level CF2. Its type locality is La Pissoire Quarries, CF2 tracksite, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial sandstone in the Grès d'Antully Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Rotodactylus velox Demathieu and Gand pp. 9-10 figs. 1-9
1975Rotodactylus velox Gand p. 8
1978Rotodactylus velox Gand p. 18
2007Rotodactylus velox Gand et al. p. 12
2011Rotodactylus velox Brusatte et al. p. S16
2011Rotodactylus velox Klein et al. p. 226
2012Rotodactylus velox Gand et al. p. 69

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyRotodactylidae
genusRotodactylus
speciesvelox

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.

†Rotodactylus velox Demathieu and Gand 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Rotodactylus velox (62182 type locality: 62183)