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Kalosauropus pollex

Reptilia - Otozoidae

Taxonomy
Kalosauropus pollex was named by Ellenberger (1970). Its type specimen is UM2 LES232, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Leribe tracksite, which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial horizon in the Clarens Formation of Lesotho.

It was recombined as Otozoum pollex by Rainforth (2003); it was considered a nomen nudum by Nicosia and Loi (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Kalosauropus pollex Ellenberger p. 350 figs. 5A-C, 6A, 7B
1972Kalosauropus pollex Ellenberger p. 152
1984Kalosauropus pollex Olsen and Galton p. 110
2003Otozoum pollex Rainforth p. 812 figs. 5A-C, 6A, 7B
2006Kalosauropus pollex Lockley et al. p. 205

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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
genusKalosauropus
speciespollex

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.

†Kalosauropus pollex Ellenberger 1970
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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, Norman and Weishampel 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Otozoum pollex (56965)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Lesotho (Leribe) Kalosauropus pollex (type locality: 56001)