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Menglongipus sinensis

Reptilia - Dromaeopodidae

Taxonomy
Menglongipus sinensis was named by Xing et al. (2009). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is T.A.1/LDRC-v-x-8, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Nijiagou tracksite, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tuchengzi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 664 figs. 2-3
2011Menglogipus sinensis Apesteguía et al. p. 664
2011Menglongipus sinensis Mudroch et al. p. 6
2012Menglongipus sinensis Kim et al. p. 81
2013Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 724
2013Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 47
2015Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 284
2015Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 29
2016Menglongipus sinensis Lockley et al. p. 193
2017Menglongipus sinensis Wang et al. p. 87
2018Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. p. 11

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
infraorderDeinonychosauria
familyDromaeopodidae
genusMenglongipus
speciessinensis

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.

Menglongipus sinensis Xing et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L.-d. Xing et al. 2009Small, didactyl theropod track that lacks manus and tail traces. The digit III:digit IV length ratio of T.A.1 is 2.36 (average value of T.A.1–4 is 1.8), differentiating the ichnotaxon from Velociraptorichnus, Dromaeopodus, and Dromaeosauripus, in which digit IV is almost as long as digit III. Digit II, when present, is represented only by a short, round impression located at the proximomedial margin of digit III. The divarication angle between digits III and IV ranges from 40°-44°, wider than in Velociraptorichnus, Dromaeopodus, or Dromaeosauripus