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Anchisauripus gwyneddensis

Reptilia - Theropoda - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Anchisauripus gwyneddensis was named by Bock (1952). Its type specimen is ANSP 15222, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Gwynedd Tunnel (track layers), which is in a Norian floodplain claystone in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Bock p. 406 figs. Pl. 44
1954Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Baird p. 184
1958Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Kuhn p. 22
1963Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Kuhn p. 80
1971Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Haubold p. 65
2000Anchisauripus gwyneddensis Gand et al. p. 616

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
familyGrallatoridae
genusAnchisauripus
speciesgwyneddensis

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.

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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
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) Anchisauripus gwyneddensis (type locality: 68706)