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Brontopodus oncalensis
Taxonomy
Brontopodus oncalensis was named by Meijide Fuentes et al. (2004). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is trackway (unnumbered), a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Revilleja tracksite, Soria, which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian fluvial sandstone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2004 | Brontopodus oncalensis Meijide Fuentes et al. p. 511–512 fig. 1 |
2005 | Brontopodus oncalensis Barco and Ruiz-Omeñaca p. 66 |
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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.
†Brontopodus oncalensis Meijide Fuentes et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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F. Meijide Fuentes et al. 2004 | Rastro ancho. La huella del pie y de la mano no pisan la línea media, manteniéndose paralelas a la misma.
Huella de la mano con forma subcircular y apariencia plantígrada, situada por fuera de la huella del pie y según la dirección del eje mayor del mismo. Huella del pie redondeada, casi tan larga como ancha, plantígrada, con un talón marcado y con el eje mayor paralelo a la línea medía y más alejado de la misma que la huella de la mano. |
Measurements
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Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
Reference: Marsh 1875 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 153887) |