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Carmelopodus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Carmelopodus was named by Lockley et al. (1998). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Theropoda by Lockley et al. (1998); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003) and Gierlinski et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Grallator (Grallator) zvierzi Gierlinski p. 138 fig. 1
1998Carmelopodus Lockley et al. p. 255
2003Carmelopodus Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2009Carmelopodus Gierlinski et al. p. 225

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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()
genusCarmelopodus

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. †Carmelopodus Lockley et al. 1998
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Carmelopodus untermannorum Lockley et al. 1998
Invalid names: Grallator (Grallator) zvierzi Gierlinski 1991 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. G. Lockley et al. 1998Tridactyl subsymmetric track of a biped, with digital pad formulai, 3 and 3 (for digits II, III and IV respectively), and well developed, distal claw impressions. Tracks almost as wide as long with wide digit divarication, especially pronounced between II and HI. Trackway narrow with axis of digit III parallel to trackway axis.