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Banisterobates

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Banisterobates was named by Fraser and Olsen (1996). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Banisterobates boisseaui.

It was assigned to Dinosauromorpha by Fraser and Olsen (1996); to Theropoda by Weems (2006); and to Grallatoridae by Klein and Lucas (2021).

Species
B. boisseaui (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Banisterobates Fraser and Olsen pp. 1-17
2006Banisterobates Weems p. 372
2021Banisterobates Klein and Lucas p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
familyGrallatoridae
genusBanisterobates

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. †Banisterobates Fraser and Olsen 1996
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Banisterobates boisseaui Fraser and Olsen 1996
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Ichnite of quadruped with tetradactyl pes but with digit I very much reduced so that the pes is essentially mesaxonic. Digit III markedly longer than II and IV and digit II slightly longer than IV. Manus poorly defined but with three very short digit impressions.