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Kayentapus ambrokholohali

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Kayentapus ambrokholohali was named by Sciscio et al. (2017). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BP/6/735, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matobo tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian floodplain sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Kayentapus ambrokholohali Sciscio et al. p. 18 fig. 4
2020Kayentapus ambrokholohali Abrahams et al.
2020Kayentapus ambrokholohali Abrahams et al. p. 12
2023Kayentapus ambrokholohali Abrahams et al. p. 10

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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()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
genusKayentapus
speciesambrokholohali

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.

†Kayentapus ambrokholohali Sciscio et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Sciscio et al. 2017two very large, 57 cm long and 50 cm wide, gracile tridactyl pes impressions with wide total divarication (II^IV) is 63°. The metatarsophalangeal pad of digit IV is well-defined and the margin is V-shaped.The free length of digit IV is greater than that of digit II. Depth of track depression is 17 mm proximal to the metatarsophalangeal pad and shallows to 14 mm towards the distal digits.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Lesotho (Maseru) Kayentapus ambrokholohali (type locality: 214417)