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Eubrontes expansus

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites expansus was named by Hitchcock (1841). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Brontozoum expansum by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Anchisauripus expansus by Hitchcock and Grier (1927); it was recombined as Eubrontes expansus by Hitchcock (1845), Hay (1902) and Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ornithoidichnites expansus Hitchcock p. 487
1843Ornithoidichnites expansus Hitchcock p. 258
1845Eubrontes expansus Hitchcock p. 23
1848Brontozoum expansum Hitchcock p. 174
1902Eubrontes expansus Hay p. 543
1927Anchisauripus expansus Hitchcock and Grier p. 186
1930Eubrontes expansus Hay p. 11

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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()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusEubrontes
speciesexpansus()

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.

Eubrontes expansus Hitchcock 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available