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Batrachopus

Reptilia - Batrachopodidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Batrachoidichnites Hitchcock p. 308
1845Palamopus Hitchcock p. 24
1845Batrachopus Hitchcock p. 25
1848Anisopus Hitchcock p. 220
1848Macropterna Hitchcock p. 233
1857Chelonoides Agassiz
1858Shepardia Hitchcock
1858Orthodactylus Hitchcock p. 113
1858Arachichnus Hitchcock p. 115
1858Stenodactylus Hitchcock p. 116
1858Arachichnus Hitchcock p. 117
1858Cheirotheroides Hitchcock p. 130
1858Exocampe Hitchcock p. 142
1859Batrachopus Owen p. 132
1861Batrachopus Owen p. 191
1865Comptichnus Hitchcock p. 9
1871Anisichnus Hitchcock
1878Chelonoides Portis p. 18
1898Cheirotheroides Hitchcock p. 402
1898Exocampe Hitchcock p. 402
1898Macropterna Hitchcock p. 402
1898Shepardia Hitchcock p. 402
1904Chelonoides Lull p. 529
1904Palamopus Lull p. 532
1904Exocampe Lull p. 534
1904Orthodactylus Lull p. 535
1904Sustenodactylus Lull p. 537
1904Arachichnus Lull p. 538
1904Comptichnus Lull p. 538
1904Shepardia Lull p. 538
1915Batrachopus Lull p. 174
1915Cheirotheroides Lull p. 179
1917Batrachopus Lull p. 113
1917Cheirotheroides Lull p. 114
1917Chelonoides Lull p. 123
1917Exocampe Lull p. 124
1917Palamopus Lull p. 124
1917Orthodactylus Lull p. 125
1917Shepardia Lull p. 125
1917Sustenodactylus Lull p. 125
1917Arachichnus Lull p. 126
1917Comptichnus Lull p. 126
1927Batrachopus Hitchcock and Grier p. 186
1942Parabatrachopus Lull p. 422 figs. Pl. 1:1-2
1952Orthodactylus Bock p. 421
1953Batrachopus Lull p. 235
1957Geochelone (Chelonoides) Loveridge and Williams
1958Arachichnus Kuhn p. 17
1958Orthodactylus Kuhn p. 17
1958Sustenodactylus Kuhn p. 17
1958Exocampe Kuhn p. 18
1958Palamopus Kuhn p. 18
1958Batrachopus Kuhn p. 21
1958Comptichnus Kuhn p. 21
1963Batrachopus Kuhn p. 66
1967Batrachopus Lapparent and Montenat p. 33
1969Batrachopus Haubold p. 97
1969Cheirotheroides Haubold p. 97
1969Comptichnus Haubold p. 97
1969Shepardia Haubold p. 97
1970Nanopodiscus Ellenberger p. 348
1971Geochelone (Chelonoides) Auffenberg p. 106
1971Batrachopus Haubold p. 60
1971Batrachopus (Anisopus) Haubold p. 61
1971Cheirotheroides Haubold p. 61
1971Shepardia Haubold p. 63
1972Batrachopus Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1972Comptichnus Ellenberger p. 152
1974Suchopus Ellenberger p. 114
1974Arachichnus Haubold p. 36
1974Exocampe Haubold p. 36
1974Orthodactylus Haubold p. 36
1974Palamopus Haubold p. 36
1974Sustenodactylus Haubold p. 38
1974Batrachopus Haubold p. 40
1974Cheirotheroides Haubold p. 40
1974Shepardia Haubold p. 40
1984Batrachopus Olsen and Galton p. 99
1995Batrachopus Olsen p. 176
2003Batrachopus Rainforth p. 827
2006Batrachopus Lucas et al. p. 113

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
familyBatrachopodidae
genusBatrachopus

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.

G. †Batrachopus Hitchcock 1845
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Batrachopus bakoenaorum Ellenberger 1974
Batrachopus bellus Hitchcock 1858
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Invalid names: Comptichnus obesus Hitchcock 1865 [synonym]
Batrachopus deweyi Hitchcock 1843
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Invalid names: Antipus flexiloquus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Arachichnus dehiscens Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Batrachopus parvulus Hitchcock 1837 [synonym], Cheirotheroides pilulatus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Chelonoides incedens Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Exocampe arcta Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Exocampe minima Hitchcock 1862 [synonym], Exocampe ornata Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Orthodactylus floriferus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Orthodactylus introvergens Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Orthodactylus linearis Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Palamopus gracilipes Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Palamopus palmatus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym], Palamopus rogersi Hitchcock 1843 [synonym], Sustenodactylus curvatus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym]
Batrachopus dispar Lull 1904
Batrachopus gainensis Kim et al. 2012
Batrachopus gilberti Lapparent and Montenat 1967
Batrachopus gracilis Hitchcock 1845
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Invalid names: Batrachopus gracilior Hitchcock 1862 [synonym], Shepardia palmipes Hitchcock 1858 [synonym]
Batrachopus grandis Kim et al. 2020
Batrachopus pilosus Ellenberger 1970
Batrachopus rugosus Ellenberger 1970
Batrachopus supersaltator Ellenberger 1970
Batrachopus tenuis Ellenberger 1970
Batrachopus varians Demathieu 1970
Invalid names: Anisichnus Hitchcock 1871 [synonym], Anisopus Hitchcock 1848 [synonym], Arachichnus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Batrachoidichnites Hitchcock 1844 [synonym], Cheirotheroides Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Chelonoides Agassiz 1857 [synonym], Comptichnus Hitchcock 1865 [synonym], Exocampe Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Macropterna Hitchcock 1848 [synonym], Nanopodiscus Ellenberger 1970 [synonym], Orthodactylus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Palamopus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym], Parabatrachopus Lull 1942 [synonym], Shepardia Hitchcock 1858 [synonym], Suchopus Ellenberger 1974 [synonym], Sustenodactylus Lull 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1848 (Anisopus)Quadrupedal; hind feet nearly twice as long as the fore ones, and considerably wider. Both hind and fore feet four-toed. In walking, the hind foot was brought up nearly into the place of the fore one. Tracks but a little to the right and left of the line of direction. Foot pachydactylous.
E. Hitchcock 1848 (Macropterna)Hind feet four-toed; fore feet three to four-toed. Heel long, especially upon the hind feet. Fore feet usually digitigrade, and much smaller than the hind ones. Hind feet usually plantigrade.
E. Hitchcock 1858 (Arachichnus)Four or five-toed, the toes radiating in all directions, especially on the hind feet. Lines also diverge from the track longer than the toes, in two and sometimes three directions, which are acuminate like the toes, but evidently not toes.
R. S. Lull 1904 (Sustenodactylus)Quadrupedal, digitigrade; pentadactyl manus and pes. Digits extremely slender and tapering, without claws or pads. Pes about twice the size of the manus.