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Rotundichnus muenchehagensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Rotundichnus muenchehagensis was named by Hendricks (1981). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is trackway at Münchehagen, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Münchehagen tracksite, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Bückeberg Formation of Germany.

It was corrected as Rotundichnus munchehagensis by Farlow (1992) and Kim et al. (2009); it was considered a nomen dubium by Wings et al. (2016) and Salisbury et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Rotundichnus muenchehagensis Hendricks p. 20
1992Rotundichnus munchehagensis Farlow p. 109
1998Rotundichnus muenchehagensis Fischer p. 42
2004Rotundichnus muenchehagensis Lockley et al. p. 267
2009Rotundichnus munchehagensis Kim et al. p. 14
2011Rotundichnus muenchehagensis González Riga p. 286
2022Rotundichnus muenchehagensis Tomaselli 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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
genusRotundichnus
speciesmuenchehagensis

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.

Rotundichnus muenchehagensis Hendricks 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Hendricks 1981Die Art wird durch folgende Grössenverhältnisse definiert: Durchmesser des Hinterfussabdruckes : Durchmesser des Vorderfussabdruckes = 3 : 2. Gangbreite : Durchmesser des Hinterfussabdruckes = 3 : 2 bis 5 : 2.