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Grallator molapoi

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Grallator molapoi was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MNHN LES 288, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Leribe-Molapo tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Bordy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Grallator molapoi Ellenberger p. 351
1984Grallator molapoi Olsen and Galton p. 109

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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()
—Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
speciesmolapoi

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.

†Grallator molapoi Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available