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Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis was named by Gand et al. (1976). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is St Sg1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sainte-Sabine tracksite, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand et al.
2000Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand et al. p. 616
2005Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand and Demathieu p. 746 fig. 14
2006Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Thulborn p. 284
2007Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand et al. p. 15
2012Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand et al. p. 71

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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()
Saurischia()
genusCoelurosaurichnusHuene 1941
speciessabinensis

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.

Coelurosaurichnus sabinensis Gand et al. 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Gand et al. 1976Petit trace de pied tridactyle de dépassant pas 10 cm de longueur, digitigrade, légèrement plus longue que large. Les orteils sont larges, boudines, munis de griffes peu développées—sauf pour le rayon 3—courtes et triangulaires, souvent cassées sur les doigts latéraux des contre-empreintes.
L'écart angulaire entre les doigts externes est grand: en moyenne égale à 90°.
Le deuxieème orteil est légèrement plus court que le quatrième. Son extrémité distale atteint la jointure 1-2 de l'orteil 3, alors que celle du rayon 4 atteint la base de la partie proximale du coussinet 2 du 3.
L'existence du coussinet digito-métatarsien 4 contribue à former un petit talon triangulaire.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Triassic to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 247.20000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Coelurosaurichnus perriauxi (28092)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Dinosauria indet. 4 (28091)