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Gwyneddichnium majore

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967944https://www.gbif.org/species/4967944
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)93713https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=93713
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tanystropheidae : Gwyneddichnium : Gwyneddichnium majore
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Tanystropheidae : Gwyneddichnium : Gwyneddichnium majore
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusGwyneddichniumBock 1952
speciesGwyneddichnium majoreBock 1952
Generic NameGwyneddichnium
Scientific NameGwyneddichnium majore Bock, 1952
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gwyneddichnium majorespeciesbelongs to Gwyneddichniumstated without evidenceBock, 1952
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance228 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Bock. 1952. Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):395-433

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Gwyneddichnium minore Bock, 1952GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tanystropheidae : Gwyneddichnium : Gwyneddichnium minore
Gwyneddichnium elongatum Bock, 1952GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tanystropheidae : Gwyneddichnium : Gwyneddichnium elongatum

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1952Gwyneddichnium majore Bock p. 417 figs. Pl. 49, 50:1
1952Gwyneddichnium elongatum Bock pp. 418-419 figs. Pl. 49:5
1952Gwyneddichnium minore Bock p. 419 figs. Pl. 49:2-4
1958Gwyneddichnium majore Kuhn p. 20
1959Gwyneddichnium elongatum Schmidt p. 106
2007Gwyneddichnium majore Hunt and Lucas p. 216

References

Bock W. (1952) Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution, Journal of Paleontology 26 3, 395-433
Kuhn O. (1958) , Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles], 1-64
Schmidt H. (1959) Die Cornberger Fährten im Rahmen der Vierfüssler-Entwicklung [The Cornberger tracks as part of the evolution of quadrupeds], Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 28, 1-137
Hunt A. P., Lucas S. G. (2007) Late Triassic tetrapod tracks of western North America, In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (eds.), Triassic of the American West. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 40, 215-230
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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