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Jurabrontes teutonicus
Taxonomy
Megalosauropus teutonicus was named by Kaever and Lapparent (1974). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Naturkundemuseum, Osnabruck Coll. no. Barkhausen track 2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Barkhausen tracksite (Unit 9), which is in a Kimmeridgian paralic sandstone/claystone in Germany.
It was recombined as Megalosauripus teutonicus by Lockley et al. (2000), McCrea et al. (2014), Cobos et al. (2014), Razzolini et al. (2017), Marty et al. (2018), Rauhut et al. (2018) and Xing et al. (2020); it was considered a nomen dubium by Castanera et al. (2020); it was recombined as Jurabrontes teutonicus by Meyer et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Megalosauripus teutonicus by Lockley et al. (2000), McCrea et al. (2014), Cobos et al. (2014), Razzolini et al. (2017), Marty et al. (2018), Rauhut et al. (2018) and Xing et al. (2020); it was considered a nomen dubium by Castanera et al. (2020); it was recombined as Jurabrontes teutonicus by Meyer et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Kaever and Lapparent p. 524 |
| 1979 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Friese p. 26 |
| 1988 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Gabuniya and Kurbatov p. 52 |
| 2000 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Lockley et al. pp. 324-325 |
| 2004 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Diedrich p. 221 |
| 2011 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Diedrich p. 141 |
| 2014 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Cobos et al. p. 36 |
| 2014 | Megalosauripus teutonicus McCrea et al. p. 9 |
| 2017 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Razzolini et al. p. 16 |
| 2018 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Marty et al. p. 943 |
| 2018 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Rauhut et al. p. 16 |
| 2020 | Megalosauropus teutonicus Bessedik et al. p. 38 |
| 2020 | Megalosauripus teutonicus Xing et al. |
| 2021 | Jurabrontes teutonicus Meyer et al. p. 552–553 |
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†Jurabrontes teutonicus Kaever and Lapparent 1974
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Kaever and A. F. d. Lapparent 1974 | grande trace tridactyle; doigts large et puissants; présence de griffes; marche digitigrade; enjambée de grande taille (140 à 160 cm). | |
| C. A. Meyer et al. 2021 | Giant tridactyl track, longer than wide (L/W > 1.00). Digit traces wide and blunt. Digital pad traces indistinct, but distal claw marks discernable. Anterior trian- gle L/W ratio ~ 0.40. Hallux traces absent. Trackway narrow, pes rotation minimal. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Megalosauridae indet. (type locality: 121154) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Megalosauropus teutonicus (182491) |