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Grallator rectilineus
Taxonomy
Prototrisauropus rectilineus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Phuthiatsana tracksite (zone A/3), which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
It was recombined as Grallator rectilineus by Olsen and Galton (1984).
It was recombined as Grallator rectilineus by Olsen and Galton (1984).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Prototrisauropus rectilineus Ellenberger p. 345 |
| 1972 | Prototrisauropus rectilineus Ellenberger p. 47 |
| 1984 | Grallator rectilineus Olsen and Galton p. 96 fig. 3 |
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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 rectilineus Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. Ellenberger 1972 | Cet ensemble de pistes très homologues révèle l'existence en ce Molteno moyen à supérieur d'un grand tridactyle bipède un peu similaire morphologiquement aux précédents, mais dont les coussinets phalangiens (articulaires) sont arrondis, avec une cambrure typique des doigts III et IV, et un doigt II plus divergent, ainsi que son ongle. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||