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Argoides macrodactylus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus was named by Hitchcock (1841). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC 37/13, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wethersfield tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Connecticut.

It was recombined as Platypterna macrodactylotus by Hitchcock (1845); it was synonymized subjectively with Argozoum disparidigitatum by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylatus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylotus by Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Argoides macrodactylus by Lull (1917), Hitchcock and Grier (1927) and Haubold (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus Hitchcock p. 494
1845Platypterna macrodactylotus Hitchcock p. 25
1848Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 186
1854Argozoum disparidigitatum Warren p. 29
1871Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. xxi
1889Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 118
1894Argozoum disparidigitatum Lyman p. 206
1898Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock p. 401
1902Argoides macrodactylatus Hay p. 540
1904Argoides macrodactylotus Lull p. 518
1917Argoides macrodactylus Lull p. 120
1927Argoides macrodactylus Hitchcock and Grier p. 196
1930Argoides macrodactylotus Hay p. 6
1971Argoides macrodactylus Haubold p. 81

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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()
Saurischia()
genusArgoides
speciesmacrodactylus()

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.

Argoides macrodactylus Hitchcock 1841
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Invalid names: Argozoum disparidigitatum Hitchcock 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Hettangian or 228.00000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (New Jersey) Argozoum disparidigitatum (46622)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) Argozoum disparidigitatum (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Argozoum disparidigitatum (53028) Argozoum disparidigitatum, Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus (91398)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) Argozoum disparidigitatum (53000) Argozoum disparidigitatum, Ornithoidichnites macrodactylus (type locality: 53023)