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Anchisauripodidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3238985	https://www.gbif.org/species/3238985
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	65840	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65840

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Anchisauripodidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Anchisauripodidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
family	Anchisauripodidae	Lull 1904

Scientific Name

Anchisauripodidae

Name Published In

Mem. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 5: 486

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Lull, 1904
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Lull, 1953
Anchisauripodidae	family	subjective synonym of Grallatoridae	stated without evidence	Baird, 1957
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Kuhn, 1958
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Kuhn, 1963
Anchisauripodidae	family	subjective synonym of Grallatoridae	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated with evidence	Haubold, 1969
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Demathieu and Haubold, 1972
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Trisauropodia	stated with evidence	Ellenberger, 1974
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Coelurosauria	stated without evidence	Yang and Yang, 1987
Anchisauripodidae	family	subjective synonym of Grallatoridae	stated without evidence	Demathieu, 1989
Anchisauripodidae	family	belongs to Theropoda	stated with evidence	Carrano, 2020

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Theropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. S. Lull. 1904. Fossil footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(11):461-557

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chongqingpus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Coelurosaurichnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jeholosauripus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Saltopoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Stenonyx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Swinnertonichnus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Talmontopus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1904	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 486
1915	Otouphepodidae Lull
1915	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 180
1915	Otouphepodidae Lull p. 187
1953	Anchisauripodidae Lull p. 165
1958	Anchisauripodidae Kuhn p. 23
1958	Otouphepodidae Kuhn p. 23
1963	Anchisauripodidae Kuhn p. 77

Year	Name and Author
1969	Anchisauripodidae Haubold p. 99
1971	Anchisauripodidae Haubold p. 65
1972	Anchisauripodidae Demathieu and Haubold p. 806
1974	Anchisauripodidae Ellenberger p. 73
1974	Anchisauripodidae Gand p. 9
1987	Anchisauripodidae Yang and Yang p. 9
1989	Anchisauripodidae Zhen et al. p. 187
2020	Anchisauripodidae Carrano

References

Lull R. S. (1904) Fossil footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America, Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 5 11, 461-557

Lull R. S. (1915) Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley, State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 24, 1-285

Lull R. S. (1953) Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley (revised), State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 81, 1-336

Kuhn O. (1958) , Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles], 1-64

Kuhn O. (1963) Pars 101. Ichnia Tetrapodorum, In F. Westphal (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Ysel Press, Deventer, Netherlands, 1-176

Haubold H. (1969) Die Evolution der Archosaurier in der Trias aus der Sicht ihrer Fährten [The evolution of archosaurs in the Triassic from the perspective of their tracks], Hercynia 6 1, 90-106

Haubold H. (1971) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium. Gistav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-124

Demathieu G. R., Haubold H. (1972) Stratigraphische Aussagen der Tetrapodenfährten aus der terrestrischen Trias Europas [Stratigraphic statements about the tetrapod tracks from the European terrestrial Triassic], Geologie 21, 802-836

Ellenberger P. (1974) Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses], Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext. 1974, 1-147

Gand G. (1974) Les traces de vertébrés triasiques de l’Autunois et du Nord du Charollais [Triassic vertebrate traces from the Autunois and the northern Charollais], Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun 69, 7-24

Yang Y. X., Yang Y. D. (1987) , Sichuan Pen Di Kong Long Zu Yin Hua Shi [Dinosaur Footprints from Mesozoic of Sichuan Basin], 1-30

Zhen S., Li J., et al (1989) A review of dinosaur footprints in China, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 187-197

Carrano M. T. (2020) Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria

Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Vertebrat - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 535 Protection under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Anchisauripus Lull, 1904 (class Reptilia : Tharopoda [Ichnites]), and matters incidental thereto by the suppression under the above Powers of two names currently regarded as Nomina Dubia.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(2), 13-24 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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