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Moraesichnium barberenae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Moraesichnium barberenae was named by Leonardi (1979). Its type specimen is SOPPb, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Passagem das Pedras (SOPP), which is in a Berriasian/Hauterivian alluvial fan siltstone/sandstone in the Sousa Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Moraesichnium barberenae Bonaparte p. 230
1979Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi p. 8
1980Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi p. 242
1981Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi p. 933
1989Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi p. 167
1995Moraesichnium barberenae Carvalho p. 423
1997Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi p. 349
2015Moraesichnium barberenae Xing et al. p. 353
2021Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi and Carvalho p. 166

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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()
genusMoraesichnium
speciesbarberenae

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.

†Moraesichnium barberenae Leonardi 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Moraesichnium barberenae (187915) Moraesichnium barberenae, Ornithischia indet. (type locality: 56463) Moraesichnium sp. (187919) Ornithopoda indet. (187905)