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Chelonipus torquatus

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelonipus torquatus was named by von Lilienstern (1939). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is SMNS 19107, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hessberger Quarry, Hildburghausen tracksite, which is in an Olenekian/Anisian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Chirotheriensandstein Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Chelonipus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Chelonipus torquatus von Lilienstern
1971Chelonipus torquatus Haubold p. 89
1972Chelonipus torquatus Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
2021Chelonipus torquatus Klein and Lucas p. 58
2025Chelonipus torquatus Foster et al. p. 307

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
genusChelonipusvon Lilienstern 1939
speciestorquatusvon Lilienstern 1939

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.

†Chelonipus torquatus von Lilienstern 1939
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Tracks of a quadruped in which trackway width is almost as long as stride length; manus and pes tracks are in parallel rows and preserve 3 to 5 digits; the manus is broad and arched, with digit III or IV longest; and the pes often has a rounded plantar surface and relatively longer digits compared to the manus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Anisian or 251.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Germany (Thuringia) Chelonipus torquatus (type locality: 182300)