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Otozoum minus

Reptilia - Otozoidae

Taxonomy
Otozoum minus was named by Lull (1915). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is YPM 2046, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

It was synonymized subjectively with Otozoum moodii by Rainforth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Otozoum minus Lull p. 225 fig. 76
1917Otozoum minus Lull p. 119
1930Otozoum minus Hay p. 17
1953Otozoum minus Lull p. 191 fig. 59
1963Otozoum minus Kuhn p. 85
1971Otozoum minus Haubold p. 85
2000Otozoum minus Gand et al. p. 606

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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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Bagualosauria
—Plateosauria()
—Anchisauria
—Prosauropoda()
familyOtozoidae
genusOtozoum
speciesminusLull 1915

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.

†Otozoum minus Lull 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Created: 2005-09-15 11:05:47
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:20
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Norman and Weishampel 1991

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Sinemurian or 227.30000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Pennsylvania) Otozoum minus (55414)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9USA (Massachusetts) Otozoum minus (type locality: 52985)