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Argoides macrodactylus
Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus was named by Hitchcock (1841). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 37/13, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wethersfield tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Connecticut.
It was recombined as Platypterna macrodactylotus by Hitchcock (1845); it was synonymized subjectively with Argozoum disparidigitatum by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylotus by Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylus by Lull (1917), Hitchcock and Grier (1927) and Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Platypterna macrodactylotus by Hitchcock (1845); it was synonymized subjectively with Argozoum disparidigitatum by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylotus by Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylus by Lull (1917), Hitchcock and Grier (1927) and Haubold (1971).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus Hitchcock p. 494 |
1845 | Platypterna macrodactylotus Hitchcock p. 25 |
1848 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 186 |
1854 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Warren p. 29 |
1871 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. xxi |
1889 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 118 |
1894 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Lyman p. 206 |
1898 | Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 401 |
1902 | Argoides macrodactylatus Hay p. 540 |
1904 | Argoides macrodactylotus Lull p. 518 |
1917 | Argoides macrodactylus Lull p. 120 |
1927 | Argoides macrodactylus Hitchcock and Grier p. 196 |
1930 | Argoides macrodactylotus Hay p. 6 |
1971 | Argoides macrodactylus Haubold p. 81 |
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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.
†Argoides macrodactylus Hitchcock 1841
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Invalid names: Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available