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Lavinipes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8551372	https://www.gbif.org/species/8551372
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	155156	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155156

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Lavinipes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Lavinipes

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
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
genus	Lavinipes	Avanzini Leonardi & Mietto 2003

Scientific Name

Lavinipes Avanzini, Leonardi & Mietto, 2003

Name Published In

Article title: Lavinipes cheminii ichnogen., ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the Lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lavinipes	genus	belongs to Sauropodomorpha	stated with evidence	Avanzini et al., 2003
Lavinipes	genus	belongs to Sauropodomorpha	stated without evidence	Avanzini et al., 2006
Lavinipes	genus	belongs to Sauropoda	stated without evidence	Salisbury et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Avanzini, G. Leonardi, and P. Mietto. 2003. Lavinipes cheminii ichnogen., ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the Lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps. Ichnos 10(2–4):179-193

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lavinipes cheminii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Tetrasauropus jaquesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2003	Lavinipes Avanzini et al. p. 180–181
2006	Lavinipes Avanzini et al. p. 211
2016	Lavinipes Salisbury et al. p. 47

References

Avanzini M., Leonardi G., et al (2003) Lavinipes cheminii ichnogen., ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the Lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps, Ichnos 10 2–4, 179-193 doi:10.1080/10420940390256195

Avanzini M., Piubelli D., et al (2006) Lower Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) dinosaur track megasites, southern Alps, northern Italy, The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37, 207-216

Salisbury S. W., Romilio A., et al (2016) The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 6, suppl., 1-152 doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1269539

Ichnos 10. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Article title: Lavinipes cheminii ichnogen., ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the Lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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