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Deltapodus curriei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Deltapodus curriei was named by Xing et al. (2013). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is MGCM.SA2m, SA2p, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Huangyangquan tracksite, Site B, which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian lacustrine deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Hutubihe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Deltapodus curriei Xing et al. p. 56–57 fig. 3–6
2015Deltapodus curriei Pascual-Arribas and Hernández-Medrano p. 23
2016Deltapodus curriei Borinder et al. p. 67
2016Deltapodus curriei Salisbury et al. p. 97
2020Deltapodus curriei Xing et al. p. 81
2021Deltapodus curriei Xing et al. p. 68
2025Deltapodus curriei Foster et al. p. 318

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Stegosauria()
genusDeltapodus
speciescurriei

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.

†Deltapodus curriei Xing et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Xing et al. 2013The manus track is entaxonic and oval-shaped, although somewhat irregular. The manus is approximately twice as wide as long. The impression of manual digit I is distinct and robust. The medial metacarpophalangeal pad region is slightly concave, while the lateral region is slightly convex. The length of the pes track slightly exceeds its width by 35%. The pes tracks have three func- tional digits (IIeIV) that are distinct but short, bluntly rounded impressions. These digit impressions are subequal in length and display a higher degree of entaxony than other species of Deltapodus. The heel region is elongate and has smoothly curved margins; the divarication between digits II and III appears slightly greater than that between digits III and IV, but this is difficult to measure accurately in tracks with such short, blunt toe traces. The trackway (both manus and pes) exhibits slight outward rotation.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 145.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Xinjiang) Deltapodus curriei (type locality: 156126 220466)