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Anchisauripus poolei

Osteichthyes - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Otouphepus poolei was named by Bock (1952). Its type specimen is ANSP 15223, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Squirrel Hill Quarry (tracks), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was recombined as Anchisauripus poolei by Kuhn (1963), Haubold (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. exsertus, A. minimus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Otouphebus poolei Bock p. 407
1952Otouphepus poolei Bock p. 407 figs. Pl. 45:2, 46:4
1958Otouphepus poolei Kuhn p. 23
1959Otouphebus poolei Schmidt p. 106
1963Anchisauripus poolei Kuhn p. 80
1971Anchisauripus poolei Haubold p. 66

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusAnchisauripus
speciespoolei()

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.

†Anchisauripus poolei Bock 1952
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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 Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Pennsylvania) Otouphebus poolei (type locality: 68705)