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Catocapes angolanus

Mammalia - Ameghinichnidae

Taxonomy
Catocapes angolanus was named by Mateus et al. (2017). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MGUAN-PA601 Track 13 , a footprint, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Catoca Diamond Mine, which is in an Aptian fluvial mudstone in the Calonda Formation of Angola. It is the type species of Catocapes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Catocapes angolanus Mateus et al. p. 229

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
familyAmeghinichnidae
genusCatocapes
speciesangolanus

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.

†Catocapes angolanus Mateus et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Mateus et al. 2017Relatively big in size tracks of a mammaliamorph. Mesaxonic, functionally pentadactyl and plantigrade track, wider than longer (length is 2.7 cm, width is 3.2 cm). Digits are short, straight, dis- tally rounded, with no claw marks. The orientation of digits is autapomorphic, with medial digits II–IV projecting anteriorly and lateral digits I and V more divergent and anterolaterally projected. Interdigital angle I–II is 43°, II–IV is 43.5°, and IV–V is 33°. Digits II and III are the lon- gest (1.5 cm), while digit V is the shortest (1.0 cm).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Angola (Lunda Sul) Catocapes angolanus (type locality: 190121)