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Dromaeopodus shandongensis

Reptilia - Dromaeopodidae

Taxonomy
Dromaeopodus shandongensis was named by Li et al. (2007). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CU 214.111, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Houzuoshan Dinosaur Park, which is in a Barremian/Albian lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Tianjialou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Dromaeopodus shandongensis Li et al.
2009Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 667
2010Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 449
2011Dromaeopodus shandongensis Apesteguía et al. p. 664
2011Dromaeopodus shandongensis Mudroch et al. p. 6
2012Dromaeopodus shandongensis Kim et al. pp. 76, 78
2013Dromaeopodus shandongensis Lockley et al. p. 13
2013Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 724
2013Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 119
2016Dromaeopodus shandongensis Lockley et al. p. 185
2016Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 85
2017Dromaeopodus shandongensis Wang et al. p. 87
2018Dromaeopodus shandongenis Xing et al. p. 11
2018Dromaeopodus shandongensis Xing et al. p. 45

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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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeopodidae
genusDromaeopodus
speciesshandongensis

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.

†Dromaeopodus shandongensis Li et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Li et al. 2007Narrow, didactyl tracks of a biped with digit III only slightly longer than IV, and digit II represented by a short, round impression posteromedial to free part of digit III.