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Grallator olonensis

Reptilia - Grallatoridae

Taxonomy
Grallator olonensis was named by Lapparent and Montenat (1967). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pointe du Veillon tracksite, F1, which is in a Rhaetian estuary/bay limestone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. pisanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Grallator olonensis Lapparent and Montenat p. 14 fig. 6
1968Grallator olonensis Courel et al. p. 277
1971Grallator oloensis Haubold p. 67
1972Grallator olonensis Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1974Grallator oloensis Haubold p. 119
1994Grallator olonensis Vignaud et al. p. 497
2000Grallator olonensis Gand et al. p. 617
2002Grallator olonensis Montenat and Bessonnat p. 348
2003Grallator olonensis Demathieu p. 59
2003Grallator olonensis Montenat and Bessonnat p. 42
2003Grallator olonensis Viaud and Duclous p. 4
2005Grallator olonensis Clark et al. p. 98
2019Grallator olonensis Moreau et al. p. 349
2021Grallator olonensis Leonardi and Carvalho p. 111

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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()
familyGrallatoridae
genusGrallator
speciesolonensis

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.

†Grallator olonensis Lapparent and Montenat 1967
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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: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Hauterivian or 208.50000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Pays de la Loire) Coelurosauria indet. (type locality: 70801) Grallator olonensis (24798)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3France (Pays de la Loire) Grallator olonensis (70802)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Grallator olonensis (187920)