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Platypterna delicatula

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites delicatulus was named by Hitchcock (1841). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Cove, Wethersfield, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Portland Formation of Connecticut.

It was recombined as Calopus delicatulus by Hitchcock (1845); it was recombined as Platypterna delicatula by Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Quenstedt (1882), Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Hay (1930) and Haubold (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ornithoidichnites delicatulus Hitchcock p. 497
1845Calopus delicatulus Hitchcock p. 25
1848Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock p. 190
1871Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock p. xxi
1882Platypterna delicatula Quenstedt p. 132
1889Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock p. 118
1898Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock p. 401
1902Platypterna delicatula Hay p. 549
1904Platypterna delicatula Lull pp. 517-518
1930Platypterna delicatula Hay p. 18
1971Platypterna delicatula Haubold p. 82

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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()
—Saurischia()
genusPlatypterna
speciesdelicatula()

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.

†Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) Ornithoidichnites delicatulus (type locality: 53000)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Ornithoidichnites delicatulus (52994)