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Hoplichnus quadrupedans

Taxonomy
Hoplichnus quadrupedans was named by Hitchcock (1848). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 29/3, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is below Turners Falls, tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts. It is the type species of Hoplichnus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Hoplichnus quadrupedans Hitchcock p. 230 figs. Pl. 16:7-8
1858Hoplichnus poledrus Hitchcock p. 134
1871Hoplichnus poledrus Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Hoplichnus poledrus Hitchcock p. 119
1894Hoplichnus poledrus Lyman p. 206
1902Hoplichnus quadrupedans Hay p. 546
1904Hoplichnus quadrupedans Lull p. 541
1930Hoplichnus quadrupedans Hay p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
genusHoplichnus
speciesquadrupedans

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.

†Hoplichnus quadrupedans Hitchcock 1848
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Invalid names: Hoplichnus poledrus Hitchcock 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available