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Barrancapus cresapi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Barrancapus cresapi was named by Hunt et al. (1993). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is NMMNH P-4782 (trackway A), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is NMMNH Loc. 55, Barranca Creek, which is in a Lacian terrestrial horizon in the Bull Canyon Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Barrancapus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Klein and Lucas (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. p. 200 fig. 2
2007Barrancapus cresapi Hunt and Lucas p. 222

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Bagualosauria
Plateosauria()
Anchisauria
Prosauropoda()
genusBarrancapus
speciescresapi

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.

Barrancapus cresapi Hunt et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. P. Hunt et al. 1993This taxon can be differentiated from other ichnotaxa that represent the tracks of quadrupedal animals by the combination of a pentadactyl pes print with a manus print that has a medially extended digit I impression, short digit II, III and IV impressions and an elongate, anteriorly oriented digit V impression.