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Dromopus

Reptilia - Rhynchosauroidae

Taxonomy
Dromopus was named by Marsh (1894). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Dromopus agilis.

It was assigned to Araeoscelidia by Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); and to Rhynchosauroidae by Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Dromopus Marsh
1923Eumekichnium Nopcsa
1951Eumekichnium Leonardi p. 19
1971Dromopus Haubold p. 32
1974Dromopus Haubold p. 33
2004Dromopus Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
familyRhynchosauroidaeHaubold 1966
genusDromopusMarsh 1894

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.

G. †Dromopus Marsh 1894
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†Dromopus agilis Marsh 1894
†Dromopus lacertoides Geinitz 1861
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Invalid names: Eumekichnium gampsodactylum Pabst 1900 [synonym]
†Dromopus palmatus Moodie 1929
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Invalid names: Varanopus didactylus Moodie 1930 [synonym]
†Dromopus velox Matthew 1904
†Dromopus woodworthi Lull 1920
Invalid names: Eumekichnium Nopcsa 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pennsylvanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 323.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Massachusetts) D. woodworthi (34780)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Czech Republic (Hradec Kralove) Saurichnites lacertoides (180863)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Poland (Lower Silesia) Saurichnites lacertoides, Ichnium gampsodactylum (223853)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Germany (Thuringia) Ichnium gampsodactylum (223854 223855)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Czech Republic (South Moravian) Ichnium gampsodactylum (223856)
Rotliegendes283.5 - 259.51Poland (Lower Silesia) D. lacertoides (197201)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) D. palmatus (197319)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) D. sp. (199769 199772)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Niger (Agadez) D. sp. (199774)