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Brontopus giganteus
Taxonomy
Brontopus giganteus was named by Heyler and Lessertisseur (1963). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type locality is La Lieude footprints, Lodève basin, which is in a Lopingian fluvial sandstone in the Salagou Formation of France.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Brontopus giganteus Heyler and Lessertisseur |
| 1983 | Moschopus enormis Ellenberger |
| 2000 | Brontopus circagiganteus Gand et al. |
| 2019 | Brontopus giganteus Marchetti et al. |
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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.
†Brontopus giganteus Heyler and Lessertisseur 1963
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Invalid names: Brontopus circagiganteus Gand et al. 2000 [synonym], Moschopus enormis Ellenberger 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wordian - Capitanian | South Africa | Brontopus giganteus (224579 224580) | |
| Lopingian | France (Hérault) | Brontopus giganteus, Brontopus circagiganteus, Moschopus enormis (type locality: 199767) | |
| Changhsingian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Brontopus giganteus (196927) |