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Chapus lockleyi

Reptilia - Eubrontidae

Taxonomy
Chapus lockleyi was named by Li et al. (2006). Its type specimen is CHABU-8-42, 39, and 41, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chabu Site 8, which is in a Barremian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Jianchuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Chapus lockleyi Li et al. p. 230 figs. 2-4; Pl. 1-2
2008Chapus lockleyi Fujita et al. p. 41 fig. 10
2013Chapus lockleyi Lockley et al. p. 14
2013Chapus lockleyi Xing et al. p. 122
2014Chapus lockleyi Xing et al. p. 308
2017Chapus lockleyi Li and Zhang p. 280
2018Chapus lockleyi Lockley et al. p. 151
2021Chapus lockleyi Xing et al.
2022Chapus lockeyi Li et al. p. 4235

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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()
familyEubrontidae
genusChapus
specieslockleyi

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.

Chapus lockleyi Li et al. 2006
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Nei Mongol) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 60512)