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Calorckosauripus lazari

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Calorckosauripus lazari was named by Meyer et al. (2018). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is trackway S 1080.01 (trackway segment: cast and holotype NMB SA.M.2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cal Orcko tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Leonardi et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Calorckosauripus lazari Meyer et al. p. 231 fig. 10
2020Calorckosauripus lazari Krapovickas et al. p. 453
2020Calorckosauripus lazari Moreau et al. p. 10
2021Calorckosauripus lazari Poropat et al. p. 30
2022Calorckosauripus lazari Tomaselli et al. p. 11

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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()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
genusCalorckosauripus
specieslazari

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.

Calorckosauripus lazari Meyer et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Meyer et al. 2018Pes tracks are entaxonic and always longer than wide (average PL: 49 cm, and PW: 42; PL/PW: 1.6), but with a shape that is variable from slightly elliptical to bell-shaped, with a narrow “heel” and a wider anterior area. The phalangeal region is generally the deepest part of the track (e.g., Figs 8–10), although with a certain degree of variability, due to locomotion- or sediment-related preservation issues. Pes impressions are slightly rotated outward, with the left pedes sometimes rotated to a higher angle (S1150.01: 17.5°) than the right (S1150.01: 7.5°). Digit impressions are not present and only one of the tracks analysed (Fig. 8) shows a deeper area that might correspond to digit I impression. Pes impressions are slightly rotated outward, with the left pedes sometimes rotated by a higher angle (S1150.01: 17.5°) than the right (S1150.01: 7.5°). Manus tracks are always wider than long (average ML: 34 cm, and MW: 29 cm; ML/MW: 1.17). When not (partially) overprinted and deformed by the pes impression, the manus is horseshoe-shaped, with two clear lobes corresponding to digits I and V. In Fig. 8, the lobes are fainter, with only the one corresponding to digit I discernible. No claw marks are present. Generally, manus tracks are outward rotated (20–60°), with the deepest part of the track constantly on the external side. Trackway heteropody is marked, but not extreme (e.g., 1: 1.85), with the manus being roughly half of the size of the pes. The gauge is wide/intermediate, with a PTR that varies from 22–34%. Despite being highly variable, trackways S1080.01 and S1080.02 show a trend, whereby most of the manus tracks on the left side of the trackway are impressed more internally than on the right side, where the tracks are impressed more externally. The latter could be the results of walking on a palaeoslope along the shoreline. Glenoacetabular distance is fairly constant and estimated around 2.8 m. Hip height in S 1120.01 (type trackway) reaches 2.24 cm and stride averages at 2.29 m.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Sauropoda indet. (219395)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia (Potosí) Calorckosauripus lazari (219411)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Titanosauridae indet. (type locality: 36234)