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Procolophonichnium tirolensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Hyloidichnus tirolensis was named by Ceoloni et al. (1988). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Procolophonichnium tirolensis by Marchetti et al. (2019).

Synonyms

Prochirotherium permicum was named by Leonardi (1951). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Butterloch-Bletterbach tracksite, which is in a Lopingian terrestrial sandstone in the Arenarie de Val Gardena Formation of Italy.

It was synonymized subjectively with Procolophonichnium tirolensis by Marchetti et al. (2019).
Paradoxichnium radeinensis was named by Ceoloni et al. (1988). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Procolophonichnium tirolensis by Marchetti et al. (2019).
Chelichnus tazelwurmi was named by Ceoloni et al. (1988). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was recombined as Contiichnus tazelwurmi by Citton et al. (2017); it was synonymized subjectively with Procolophonichnium tirolensis by Marchetti et al. (2019).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Prochirotherium permicum Leonardi p. 14 figs. Pl. II:1a, 8, 9a
1988	Chelichnus tazelwurmi Ceoloni et al.
1988	Hyloidichnus tirolensis Ceoloni et al.
1988	Paradoxichnium radeinensis Ceoloni et al.
2017	Contiichnus tazelwurmi Citton et al.
2019	Procolophonichnium tirolensis Marchetti et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Parareptilia	Lawrence 1868
superfamily	Procolophonoidea
genus	Procolophonichnium	Nopcsa 1923
species	tirolensis	(Ceoloni et al. 1988)

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.

†Procolophonichnium tirolensis Ceoloni et al. 1988

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Invalid names: Chelichnus tazelwurmi Ceoloni et al. 1988 [synonym], Paradoxichnium radeinensis Ceoloni et al. 1988 [synonym], Prochirotherium permicum Leonardi 1951 [synonym]

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: Lopingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lopingian	259.9 - 252.17	Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige)	Prochirotherium permicum, Hyloidichnus tirolensis, Paradoxichnium radeinensis, Chelichnus tazelwurmi (188750)