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Plectropterna minitans

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sauroidichnites minitans was named by Hitchcock (1837). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. It is the type species of Plectropterna.

It was recombined as Plectropus minitans by Hitchcock (1845) and Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Plectropterna minitans by Hitchcock (1871), Miller (1879), Hitchcock (1889), Lyman (1894), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1917) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sauroidichnites minitans Hitchcock p. 175
1841Sauroidichnites minitans Hitchcock p. 481
1844Sauroidichnites minitans Hitchcock p. 306
1845Plectropus minitans Hitchcock p. 24
1848Plectropus minitans Hitchcock p. 198
1871Plectropterna minitans Hitchcock p. xxi
1879Plectropterna minitans Miller p. 147
1889Plectropterna minitans Hitchcock p. 119
1894Plectropterna minitans Lyman p. 205
1898Plectropterna minitans Hitchcock p. 402
1902Plectropterna minitans Hay p. 549
1917Plectropterna minitans Lull p. 120
1930Plectropterna minitans Hay p. 19

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
genusPlectropternaHitchcock 1845
speciesminitans()

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.

†Plectropterna minitans Hitchcock 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) Plectropterna minitans (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) Plectropterna minitans (53023) Sauroidichnites minitans, Plectropterna minitans (53000)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Plectropterna minitans (52987 52996 53028 91398)