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Rotodactylus bradyi

Reptilia - Rotodactylidae

Taxonomy
Rotodactylus bradyi was named by Peabody (1948). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MNA G2.2613A, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is SW of Cameron, Rotodactylus bradyi type, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial sandstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Rotodactylus bradyi Peabody p. 336 figs. Pl. 30
1971Rotodactylus bradyi Haubold p. 59
1972Rotodactylus bradyi Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1974Rotodactylus bradyi Haubold p. 107
2010Rotodactylus bradyi Klein and Lucas p. 13
2011Rotodactylus bradyi Brusatte et al. p. S16
2011Rotodactylus bradyi Klein et al. p. 226
2021Rotodactylus bradyi Klein and Lucas p. 86

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyRotodactylidae
genusRotodactylus
speciesbradyi

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.

†Rotodactylus bradyi Peabody 1948
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. E. Peabody 1948Quadrupedal, stride 62 cm., maximum pes length 7 cm., maximum prone length of pes digit IV is 3.6 cm.; manus relatively broad, manus digit V turned forward with the tip close behind the base of IV; pes digit IV relatively short but still longer than III; digits thick, claws blunt.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

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

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Arizona) Rotodactylus bradyi (type locality: 135410)