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Therapsipus cumminsi

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Therapsipus cumminsi was named by Hunt et al. (1993). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Therapsipus type locality, Holbrook, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial sandstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Therapsipus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Therapsipus cumminsi Hunt et al. p. 213
2021Therapsipus cumminsi Klein and Lucas p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
genusTherapsipus
speciescumminsi

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.

Therapsipus cumminsi Hunt et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Large (pes length ~ 230- 260 mm) footprints of a quadruped in which both pes and manus are pentadactyl, digit I is poorly impressed and have concave posterior margins; pace angulation ~ 85o.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Arizona) Therapsipus cumminsi (type locality: 95080 95083 95084)