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Rotodactylus tumidus

Reptilia - Rotodactylidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchosauroides tumidus was named by Morton (1897). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is south quarry, Storeton, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rotodactylus tumidus by Haubold (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Rhynchosauroides tumidus Morton
1971Rotodactylus tumidus Haubold p. 59

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyRotodactylidae
genusRotodactylus
speciestumidus(Morton 1897)

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.

†Rotodactylus tumidus Morton 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 252.17000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosauroides tumidus (type locality: 164930)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Rhynchosauroides tumidus (174686)