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Amblydactylus kortmeyeri

Reptilia - Iguanodontipodidae

Taxonomy
Amblydactylus kortmeyeri was named by Currie and Sarjeant (1979). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PMA P76.11.11, a footprint (left pes print), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Aylard Creek, Peace River Canyon, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Gething Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Caririchnium kortmeyeri by Díaz-Martínez et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Currie and Sarjeant pp. 15-106 figs. 2-7
1981Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Sarjeant p. 170
1983Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Currie p. 64
1984Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Thulborn and Wade p. 449
1990Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Thulborn p. 197
1994Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Lockley p. 352
2002Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Pascual et al. p. 185
2004Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Gangloff et al. pp. 306-307
2006Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Llompart p. 11
2009Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Kim et al. p. 1393
2014Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Lockley et al. p. 724
2015Caririchnium kortmeyeri Díaz-Martínez et al. pp. 11, 26, 30
2016Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Salisbury et al. p. 87
2019Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Bell et al. p. 2
2021Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Xing et al. p. 74
2022Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Enriquez et al. p. 15

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
familyIguanodontipodidae
genusAmblydactylus
specieskortmeyeri

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.

†Amblydactylus kortmeyeri Currie and Sarjeant 1979
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015Pes tracks belonging to Caririchnium with very large heel pad impressions, approximately as wide as or wider than long; sharp distal end of digit impressions; subtriangular distal part of the heel pad.
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: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Albian or 139.80000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Australia (Western Australia) Amblydactylus kortmeyeri (185873)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Amblydactylus kortmeyeri (52592)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Amblydactylus kortmeyeri (type locality: 64146 64147 64148)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian109.0 - 93.5Canada (Yukon) Amblydactylus kortmeyeri (67829 67831 67832 67833 67834 67835 67836)