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Anchisauripus thomasi

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Brontozoum thomasi was named by Sollas (1879). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is NMW acc. [26. 134], [26. 135], a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Scorlon Quarry, Newton Nottage, which is in a Triassic terrestrial limestone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Coelurosaurichnus thomasi by Kuhn (1963); it was recombined as Anchisauripus thomasi by Haubold (1971) and Demathieu and Haubold (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Brontozoum thomasi Sollas p. 515
1886Brontozoum thomasi Winkler
1904Brontozoum thomasi Beasley p. 230
1928Brontozoum thomasi North p. 208–209
1963Coelurosaurichnus thomasi Kuhn p. 86
1971Anchisauripus thomasi Haubold p. 66
1972Anchisauripus thomasi Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1994Brontozoum thomasi Howe p. 83

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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
genusAnchisauripus
speciesthomasi()

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.

†Anchisauripus thomasi Sollas 1879
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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: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (Wales) Brontozoum thomasi (type locality: 57952)