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Rotodactylus lucasi

Reptilia - Rotodactylidae

Taxonomy
Rotodactylus lucasi was named by Demathieu and Gand (1973). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BF2, 65B, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Pissoire Quarries, BF2 tracksite, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Grès d'Antully Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Rotodactylus lucasi Demathieu and Gand p. 19 figs. Pl. 3
1974Rotodactylus lucasi Gand p. 9
1975Rotodactylus lucasi Gand p. 56
1977Rotodactylus lucasi Gand p. 15
1978Rotodactylus lucasi Gand p. 18
2007Rotodactylus lucasi Gand et al. p. 12
2007Rotodactylus lucasi Klein and Haubold p. 123
2011Rotodactylus lucasi Brusatte et al. p. S16
2011Rotodactylus lucasi Klein et al. p. 226
2012Rotodactylus lucasi Gand et al. p. 69

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyRotodactylidae
genusRotodactylus
specieslucasi

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.

Rotodactylus lucasi Demathieu and Gand 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Saône-et-Loire) Rotodactylus lucasi (36226)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Rotodactylus lucasi (type locality: 24834 62182 68222 68223) Rotodactylus sp. (199909)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Rotodactylus lucasi (28092)