Synaptichnium cameronensis Peabody 1948

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Chirotherium cameronense, Chirotherium cameronensis, Synaptichnium cameronense

Full reference: F. E. Peabody. 1948. Reptile and amphibian trackways from the Lower Triassic Moenkopi formation of Arizona and Utah. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(8):295-468

Belongs to Synaptichnium according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2010

See also Baird 1954, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Gand et al. 2012, Gand et al. 2007, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Klein and Lucas 2021, Klein et al. 2011, Kuhn 1958 and Peabody 1948

Sister taxa: Synaptichnium argantobrivense, Synaptichnium chirotherioides, Synaptichnium diabloensis, Synaptichnium hildburghausense, Synaptichnium kotanskii, Synaptichnium motutongense, Synaptichnium priscum, Synaptichnium pseudosuchoides, Synaptichnium senkowiczowae

Type specimen: UCMP 37316, a footprint. Its type locality is UCMP V4204, Cameron, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial mudstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Distribution:

• Triassic of France (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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