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Saurischichnus primitivus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Saurischichnus primitivus was named by Huene (1941). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lustnau tracksite, which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Saurischichnus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Saurischichnus primitivus Huene p. 141 fig. 1
1958Saurischichnus primitivus Kuhn p. 23
1963Saurischichnus primitivus Kuhn p. 88
1971Saurischichnus primitivus Haubold p. 96
1972Saurischichnus primitivus Demathieu and Haubold p. 807

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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()
genusSaurischichnus
speciesprimitivus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Saurischichnus primitivus (type locality: 89117)