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Polemarchus polemarchius

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sauroidichnites polemarchius was named by Hitchcock (1837). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chicopee Falls tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine - small shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

It was synonymized subjectively with Polemarchus gigas by Hitchcock (1845), Miller (1879), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Polemarchus polemarchius by Haubold (1971).

Synonyms
  • Polemarchus gigas was named by Hitchcock (1845). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 26/15-17, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chicopee Falls tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian lacustrine - small shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Polemarchus polemarchius by Haubold (1971).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sauroidichnites polemarchius Hitchcock p. 175
1841Sauroidichnites polemarchius Hitchcock p. 483
1844Sauroidichnites polemarchius Hitchcock p. 304
1845Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock
1846Polemarchus gigas Adams p. 215
1848Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock p. 197
1871Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock p. xxi
1879Polemarchus gigas Miller p. 147
1889Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock p. 119
1895Polemarchus gigas Lyman figs. Pl. 609
1898Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock p. 402
1902Polemarchus gigas Hay p. 550
1904Polemarchus gigas Lull pp. 520-521
1917Polemarchus gigas Lull p. 121
1930Polemarchus gigas Hay p. 19
1971Polemarchus polemarchius Haubold p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
genusPolemarchus
speciespolemarchius()

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.

†Polemarchus polemarchius Hitchcock 1837
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Invalid names: Polemarchus gigas Hitchcock 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
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 (Massachusetts) Polemarchus gigas (91398) Sauroidichnites polemarchius, Polemarchus gigas (type locality: 53028)