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Characichnos tridactylus
Taxonomy
Characichnos tridactylus was named by Whyte and Romano (2001). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rail Hole Bight tracksite, which is in an Aalenian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siltstone in the Saltwick Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2001 | Characichnos tridactylus Whyte and Romano |
2003 | Characichnos tridactylus Romano and Whyte p. 202 |
2007 | Characichnos tridactylus Wings et al. p. 125 |
2016 | Characichnos tridactylus Milner and Lockley p. 156 |
2020 | Characichnos tridactylus Castanera et al. p. 282 |
2021 | Characichnos tridactylus Klein and Lucas p. 58 |
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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.
†Characichnos tridactylus Whyte and Romano 2001
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021 | Two to four elongate, parallel hypichnial ridges (or epichnial grooves) that may be straight, gently curved or slightly sinuous. The termination of the ridges (or grooves) may be straight or slightly flexed. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |