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Toyamasauripus masuiae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Toyamasauripus masuiae was named by Matsukawa et al. (1997). Its type specimen is TGUSE-DT 1001-1003, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Oshimizu, Oyama Town tracksite, which is in an Aptian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Atotsugawa Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Toyamasauripus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa et al. pp. 608-609 figs. 3a-k, 5, 5A-D
1997Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa and et al.
1998Toyamasauripus masuiae Lockley and Matsukawa p. 137
2001Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsuoka et al. p. 43
2002Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa et al. p. 173
2005Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa et al. p. 213
2008Toyamasauripus masuiae Fujita p. 33
2011Toyamasauripus masuiae Díaz-Martínez p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
genusToyamasauripus
speciesmasuiae

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.

Toyamasauripus masuiae Matsukawa et al. 1997
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Aptian or 139.80000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Japan (Toyama) Toyamasauripus masuiae (223551)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Japan (Toyama) Toyamasauripus masuiae (type locality: 60557)