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Grallator princeps

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Qemetrisauropus princeps was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Qeme tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho. It is the type species of Qemetrisauropus.

It was recombined as Grallator princeps by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Qemetrisauropus princeps Ellenberger p. 344
1972Qemetrisauropus princeps Ellenberger p. 34
1984Grallator princeps Olsen and Galton p. 109
2021Qemetrisauropus princeps Klein and Lucas p. 101

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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
speciesprinceps()

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 princeps Ellenberger 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Ellenberger 1972Nous donnons pour ce tridactyle, comme indice de référence, les mesures de l'extension maximal visible des coussinets des phalanges, en essayant d'approcher la longueur réelle de chaque doigt.