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Plectropus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Plectropus was named by Hitchcock (1845). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Tetradactylidae by Hitchcock (1845); to Struthionidae by Hitchcock (1848); and to Theropoda by Carrano (2025).

Species
P. longipes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Plectropus Hitchcock p. 24
1848Plectropus Hitchcock p. 198
2025Plectropus Carrano

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
genusPlectropus

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. †Plectropus Hitchcock 1845
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†Plectropus longipes Hitchcock 1841
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1848Heel elongated, apparently extending to the tarsal joint, quite narrow, making an impression as deep as the toes with its anterior part. Fourth toe procee ding at right angles from the heel behind the roots of the toes, resembling the spur on some of the gallinaceous birds.