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Anomoepus turda

Reptilia - Moyenisauropodidae

Taxonomy
Masitisisauropodiscus turda was named by Ellenberger (1972). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is 69B, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

It was corrected as Masitisisauropodiscus turdus by Ellenberger (1972) and Ellenberger (1974); it was recombined as Anomoepus turda by Olsen and Galton (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Masitisisauropodiscus turdus Ellenberger p. 152
1974Masitisisauropodiscus turdus Ellenberger p. 109 figs. Pl. Q
1984Anomoepus turda Olsen and Galton p. 109

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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
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
familyMoyenisauropodidae
genusAnomoepus
speciesturda()

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.

Anomoepus turda Ellenberger 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available