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Therangospodus pandemicus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Therangospodus pandemicus was named by Lockley et al. (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is CU-MWC 186.2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Moab Megatracksite, site E, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian eolian sandstone in the Entrada Sandstone Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Therangospodus pandemicus Lockley et al. p. 347 figs. 3-6
2006Therangospodus pandemicus Barco et al. p. 244
2013Therangospodus pandemicus Castanera et al. p. 51
2013Therangospodus pandemicus Fanti et al. p. 64
2015Therangospodus pandemicus Xing et al. p. 1003
2015Therangospodus pandemicus Xing et al. p. 18
2016Therangospodus pandemicus Salisbury et al. p. 36
2020Therangospodus pandemicus Abrahams et al.
2020Therangospodus pandemicus Bessedik et al. p. 37
2020Therangospodus pandemicus Castanera et al. p. 279

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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()
genusTherangospodus
speciespandemicus

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.

†Therangospodus pandemicus Lockley et al. 2000
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Barremian or 161.20000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian164.7 - 157.3USA (Utah) Therangospodus pandemicus (60478)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8USA (Utah) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 60476 60477 60481 60482 60483 60484 60485)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Turkmenistan (Lebap) Therangospodus pandemicus (59629)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Argentina (Neuquén) Therangospodus pandemicus (154107 154108)