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Gwyneddichnium

Reptilia - Gwyneddichniidae

Taxonomy
Gwyneddichnium was named by Bock (1952). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Gwyneddichnium majore.

It was assigned to Gwyneddichnidae by Bock (1952), Kuhn (1958) and Haubold (1974); and to Tanystropheidae by Hunt and Lucas (2007).

Species
G. elongatum, G. majore (type species), G. minore

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Gwyneddichnium Bock p. 417
1958Gwyneddichnium Kuhn p. 20
1974Gwyneddichnium Haubold p. 36
2007Gwyneddichnium Hunt and Lucas p. 216

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyGwyneddichniidae()
genusGwyneddichnium

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.

G. †Gwyneddichnium Bock 1952
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†Gwyneddichnium majore Bock 1952
†Gwyneddichnium minore Bock 1952
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: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 228.00000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) G. majore, G. elongatum, G. minore (68706) G. sp. (84111 84114 84116)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) G. minor (55411)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Virginia) G. majore (105101)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (New Jersey) G. majore (92107)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Colorado) G. sp. (179080)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Utah) G. sp. (193020 193042)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3USA (Utah) G. sp. (57063 57064)