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Prorotodactylus mirus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Prorotodactylus mirus was named by Ptaszynski (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ZPAL R.7131: 21, 22, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wióry tracksite, which is in a Spathian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Wióry Formation of Poland. It is the type species of Prorotodactylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Prorotodactylus mirus Ptaszynski p. 188–190
2011Prorotodactylus mirus Brusatte et al. p. S15
2021Prorotodactylus mirus Klein and Lucas p. 77

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
genusProrotodactylus
speciesmirus

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.

Prorotodactylus mirus Ptaszynski 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Ptaszynski 2000Medium-sized Prorotodactylus. Average pes angulation varies in different tracks between 106 and 126°. Divarication of pes digits II-IV is 10"on average. Divarication of pes digits III from the midline is 18°. Manus imprints inclined to the midline at 11°. Of the manus digit group I-IV, digit Ill is the longest. Manus digits I-V and I-IV diverge at about 82° and 28°, respectively.
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Long striding trackways with small, lacertoid, pentadactyl pes and manus imprints. Manus overstepped laterally by the pes. Pes rotated outward and manus rotated inward with respect to the midline. Digitigrade pes with digits I-IV increasing in length, II-IV subparallel and tightly “bunched” with low divarication angle between digits II and IV (≤ 10°). Distinct, straight metatarsal-phalangeal axis forming posterior end of digits II-IV. Digit I everted. Digit V rarely impressed, if present, in a posterolateral postion relative to digits I-IV. Manus semiplantigrade, of chirotheroid shape, compact and rounded with postero-laterally positioned digit V mostly impressed. Digit III always longest, followed by digits IV, II and I, which is shortest.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Poland (Swietoryzskie) Prorotodactylus mirus (type locality: 118063)