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Gigandipodidae (disused)

Reptilia - Gigandipodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Gigandipodidae Lull p. 492
1915Gigandipodidae Lull p. 191
1952Gigandipodidae Bock p. 403
1953Gigandipodidae Lull p. 184
1958Gigandipodidae Kuhn p. 23
1963Gigandipodidae Kuhn p. 84
1966Gigantopodidae Kuhn p. 97
1969Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 99
1970Gigandipodidae Sarjeant p. 270
1971Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 77
1974Gigandipodidae Haubold p. 45
1987Gigandipodidae Yang and Yang p. 18
2023Gigandipodidae Carrano

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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()
Theropoda()
familyGigandipodidae
familyGigandipodidae

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.

Fm. †Gigandipodidae Lull 1904
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. S. Lull 1904Large bipedal forms. Tetradactyl, hallux half rotated, incumbent. Foot flatly digitigrade. Claws acuminate. No manus impression. Caudal trace sinuous and continuous.
R. S. Lull 1915Large bipedal forms. Tetradactyl, hallux half rotated, incumbent. Foot flatly digitigrade. Claws acuminate. No manus impression. Caudal trace.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Hauterivian or 145.00000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Gigandipodidae indet. (187920)