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Typopus abnormis

Taxonomy
Sauroidichnites abnormis was named by Hitchcock (1844). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 19/1-2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts. It is the type species of Typopus.

It was recombined as Typopus abnormis by Hitchcock (1845), Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889), Lyman (1894), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Hay (1930) and Haubold (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Sauroidichnites abnormis Hitchcock p. 307 fig. 7
1845Typopus abnormis Hitchcock p. 25
1848Typopus abnormis Hitchcock p. 212
1871Typopus abnormis Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Typopus abnormis Hitchcock p. 119
1894Typopus abnormis Lyman p. 205
1898Typopus abnormis Hitchcock p. 402
1902Typopus abnormis Hay p. 553
1904Typopus abnormis Lull p. 543
1930Typopus abnormis Hay p. 23
1971Typopus abnormis Haubold p. 101
2015Sauroidichnites abnormis McCrea et al. p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
genusTypopus
speciesabnormis()

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.

Typopus abnormis Hitchcock 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
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) Sauroidichnites abnormis (type locality: 52985) Typopus abnormis (52998)