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Dromopus lacertoides

Reptilia - Rhynchosauroidae

Taxonomy
Saurichnites lacertoides was named by Geinitz (1861). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Dresden no. 8, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Riesengebirges, Hohenelbe tracksite, which is in an Artinskian/Capitanian terrestrial horizon in the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Dromopus lacertoides by Haubold (1971).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Saurichnites lacertoides Geinitz p. 5
1882Saurichnites lacertoides Geinitz and Deichmüller p. 9
1900Ichnium gampsodactylum Pabst
1908Ichnium gampsodactylum Pabst p. 89
1951Eumekichnium gampsodactylum Leonardi p. 9
1971Dromopus lacertoides Haubold p. 32

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
familyRhynchosauroidaeHaubold 1966
genusDromopusMarsh 1894
specieslacertoides()

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.

†Dromopus lacertoides Geinitz 1861
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Invalid names: Eumekichnium gampsodactylum Pabst 1900 [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: base of the Rotliegendes to the top of the Capitanian or 283.50000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Czech Republic (Hradec Kralove) Saurichnites lacertoides (type locality: 180863)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Czech Republic (South Moravian) Ichnium gampsodactylum (223856)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Germany (Thuringia) Ichnium gampsodactylum (223854 223855)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Poland (Lower Silesia) Saurichnites lacertoides, Ichnium gampsodactylum (223853)
Rotliegendes283.5 - 259.51Poland (Lower Silesia) Dromopus lacertoides (197201)