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Selenichnus
Taxonomy
Selenichnus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Selenichnus falcatus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachopus by Hunt and Lucas (2006).
It was assigned to Batrachia by Hitchcock (1898); to Grallatoridae by Lull (1904); to Theropoda by Lull (1917); to Selenichnidae by Lull (1915), Lull (1953), Kuhn (1958), Kuhn (1963), Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003) and Rainforth (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachopus by Hunt and Lucas (2006).
It was assigned to Batrachia by Hitchcock (1898); to Grallatoridae by Lull (1904); to Theropoda by Lull (1917); to Selenichnidae by Lull (1915), Lull (1953), Kuhn (1958), Kuhn (1963), Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); and to Theropoda by Romero Molina et al. (2003) and Rainforth (2007).
Species
S. breviusculus, S. falcatus (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1858 | Selenichnus Hitchcock |
1898 | Selenichnus Hitchcock p. 402 |
1904 | Selenichnus Lull p. 498 |
1915 | Selenichnus Lull p. 206 |
1917 | Selenichnus Lull p. 117 |
1953 | Selenichnus Lull p. 160 |
1958 | Selenichnus Kuhn p. 22 |
1963 | Selenichnus Kuhn p. 81 |
1969 | Selenichnus Haubold p. 99 |
1971 | Selenichnus Haubold p. 73 |
1974 | Selenichnus Haubold p. 45 |
2003 | Selenichnus Romero Molina et al. p. 24 |
2007 | Selenichnus Rainforth p. 55 |
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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.
G. †Selenichnus Hitchcock 1858
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†Selenichnus breviusculus Hitchcock 1858
†Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available