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Gwyneddichnium elongatum

Osteichthyes - Gwyneddichniidae

Taxonomy
Gwyneddichnium elongatum was named by Bock (1952). Its type specimen is ANSP 15214-15215, 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.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gwyneddichnium majore by Hunt and Lucas (2007), Klein and Lucas (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. minor

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Gwyneddichnium elongatum Bock pp. 418-419 figs. Pl. 49:5
1959Gwyneddichnium elongatum Schmidt p. 106

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyGwyneddichniidae()
genusGwyneddichnium
specieselongatum

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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

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 - 205.7USA (Pennsylvania) Gwyneddichnium elongatum (type locality: 68706)