A revised name and new insights into the Middle Jurassic sauropod trackways from Portugal. A correction of Santos et al. 2009

Faria Dos Santos, Vanda ; Moratalla, José ; Royo-Torres, Rafael (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Belvedere, Matteo ; Castanera, Diego (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ceríaco, Luis ; Mocho, Pedro ; Merino, Marc ; Meyer, Christian ; Sciscio, Lara

Resumen: The Galinha dinosaur tracksite (Portugal) was declared a Natural Monument in 1996 and is currently designated as Ourém/Torres Novas Dinosaur Footprints Natural Monu- ment. This tracksite yields a completely new and unique morphology of sauropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian–Bathonian). This new morphotype was named Polyonyx by Santos et al. (2009). However, recently it has been brought to our attention that this ichnotaxon name “Polyonyx” is preoccupied by the porcellanid decapod Poly- onyx Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). The priority is given to the latter and to avoid homonymy, the former is issued the new replacement name Galinhapodus igen. nov., creating the new replace- ment combination name Galinhapodus gomesi.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.4202/app.01167.2024

Año: 2024

Publicado en: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69, 4 (2024), 587-590
ISSN: 0567-7920

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Paleontología (Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra)
Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Ciencias Exper. (Dpto. Didácticas Específicas)