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Columbosauripus amouraensis

Reptilia - Ornithomimipodidae

Taxonomy
Columbosauripus amouraensis was named by Haubold (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Amoura tracksite, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian peritidal limestone in Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Columbosauripus amouraensis Haubold p. 74
2011Columbosauripus amouraensis Chabou et al.
2015Columbosauripus amouraensis Chabou et al. p. 160
2020Columbosauripus amourensis Bessedik et al. p. 37
2021Columbosauripus amouraensis Leonardi and Carvalho p. 128

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
familyOrnithomimipodidae
genusColumbosauripus
speciesamouraensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Algeria (Laghouat) Dinosauria indet. A, Ornithichnites sp., Dinosauria indet. C (type locality: 141242)