Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Alternative combination: Chirotherium eyermani
Full reference: D. Baird. 1957. Triassic reptile footprint faunules from Milford, New Jersey. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117(5):449-520
Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Baird 1957, Demathieu 1970, Haubold 1969, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Olsen 1980 and Olsen and Baird 1986
Sister taxa: Brachychirotherium circaparvum, Brachychirotherium gallicum, Brachychirotherium harrasense, Brachychirotherium hauboldi, Brachychirotherium hessei, Brachychirotherium kalkowensis, Brachychirotherium kuhni, Brachychirotherium lorteti, Brachychirotherium pachydactylum, Brachychirotherium paraparvum, Brachychirotherium parvum, Brachychirotherium praeparvum, Brachychirotherium thuringiacum, Brachychirotherium wiorense
Type specimen: MCZ 134. Its type locality is Smith Clark's quarry, Milford (level B), which is in a Norian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (6: New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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