Alternative combination: Cheirotherium hercules
Belongs to Chirotherium according to F. E. Peabody 1948
See also Baird 1954, Beasley 1902, Clark and Corrance 2009, Courel and Demathieu 1976, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Gand et al. 2012, Gand et al. 2007, Girard 1846, King et al. 2005, Klein et al. 2011, Kuhn 1958, Mantell 1854 and Owen 1842
Sister taxa: Chirotherium angustum, Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium copei, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium demathieui, Chirotherium eyermani, Chirotherium harrasense, Chirotherium hessei, Chirotherium heterodactylus, Chirotherium hildburghausense, Chirotherium huberi, Chirotherium lulli, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium parvum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium rex, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Chirotherium vorbachi, Chirotherium wondrai, Thenaropus leptodactylus, Thenaropus heterodactylus, Thenaropus ovoidactylus, Thenaropus sphaerodactylus, Thenaropus pachydactylus, Saurichnites lacertoides, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Saurichnites pourriaci, Saurichnites kablikae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarporley, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone in the United Kingdom
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tarporley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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