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Anomoepus moabensis

Reptilia - Moyenisauropodidae

Taxonomy
Trisauropodiscus moabensis was named by Lockley et al. (1992). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CU-MWC 181.3, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Potash Road Dinosaur tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian terrestrial sandstone in the Navajo Sandstone Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Anomoepus moabensis by Lockley and Gierlinski (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Trisauropodiscus moabensis Lockley et al. pp. 125-126 figs. 8h, 13, 14
1995Trisauropodiscus moabensis Lockley and Hunt p. 131
2006Trisauropodiscus moabensis Hunt and Lucas p. 165
2006Anomoepus moabensis Lockley and Gierlinski p. 181

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

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 moabensis Lockley et al. 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. G. Lockley and G. D. Gierlinski 2006An ichnospecies distinguished by a very wide digit divarication between digit II and IV, up to 120°.