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Apulosauripus federicianus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Apulosauripus federicianus was named by Nicosia et al. (1999). Its type specimen is ACDL 99/3, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cava De Lucia, Altamura, which is in a Santonian offshore shelf sandstone in the Calcare de Altamura Formation of Italy.

It was corrected as Apulosauripus fredericianus by Dalla Vecchia (2009); it was misspelled as Apulosauripus fredericianus by Dalla Vecchia (2014), Díaz-Martínez et al. (2015) and Carrano (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Apulosauripus federicianus Nicosia et al. p. 238 figs. 1-7, Pl. 1
2006Apulosauripus fredericianus Dalla Vecchia p. 49
2006Apulosauripus fredericianus Delete
2009Apulosauripus fredericianus Dalla Vecchia p. 14
2014Apulosauripus fredericianus Dalla Vecchia p. 269
2015Apulosauripus federicianus Díaz-Martínez et al. p. 11
2025Apulosauripus fredericianus Carrano

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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()
—Ornithischia()
genusApulosauripus
speciesfedericianus

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.

†Apulosauripus federicianus Nicosia et al. 1999
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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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Early/Lower Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Italy (Apulia) Apulosauripus federicianus (type locality: 67199)