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Ancyropus heteroclitus
Taxonomy
Sauroidichnites heteroclitus was named by Hitchcock (1841). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 27/2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Cove, Wethersfield, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Portland Formation of Connecticut. It is the type species of Ancyropus.
It was recombined as Ancyropus heteroclitus by Hitchcock (1845), Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Miller (1879), Hitchcock (1889), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1917), Hay (1930) and Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Ancyropus heteroclitus by Hitchcock (1845), Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Miller (1879), Hitchcock (1889), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1917), Hay (1930) and Haubold (1971).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Sauroidichnites heteroclitus Hitchcock p. 478 |
1841 | Sauroidichnites jacksoni Hitchcock p. 479 |
1845 | Ancyropus jacksonianus Hitchcock |
1845 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hitchcock p. 24 |
1845 | Ancyropus jacksonianus Hitchcock p. 24 |
1848 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hitchcock p. 243 figs. Pl. 15:3-5 |
1871 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hitchcock p. xxi |
1879 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Miller p. 147 |
1889 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hitchcock p. 119 |
1902 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hay p. 538 |
1904 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Lull p. 529 |
1917 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Lull p. 123 |
1930 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Hay p. 3 |
1971 | Ancyropus heteroclitus Haubold p. 100 |
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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.
†Ancyropus heteroclitus Hitchcock 1841
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Invalid names: Sauroidichnites jacksoni Hitchcock 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Connecticut) | Sauroidichnites heteroclitus (53023) Sauroidichnites heteroclitus, Sauroidichnites jacksoni (type locality: 53000) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Massachusetts) | Ancyropus heteroclitus (52994 52996) |