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Chelichnus hicklingi

Caseidae

Taxonomy
Chelichnus hicklingi was named by Nopsca (1923). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is L6334, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mansfield, which is in a Permian terrestrial horizon in the Mansfield Red Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Chelichnus hicklingi Nopsca
1971Chelichnus hicklingi Haubold p. 37

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusChelichnus
specieshicklingiNopsca 1923

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.

†Chelichnus hicklingi Nopsca 1923
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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: Permian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902United Kingdom (Nottinghamshire) Chelichnus hicklingi (type locality: 197345)