Chirotherium rex Peabody 1948 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Synonyms: Chirotherium moguinensis Peabody 1948, Chirotherium moquiensis Peabody 1948, Chirotherium moquinense Peabody 1948

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 Chirotherium according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021

See also Bock 1952, Conrad et al. 1987, Demathieu 1970, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Haderer and Sachs 2012, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Klein and Lucas 2010, Kuhn 1958 and Peabody 1948

Sister taxa: Chirotherium atlensis, Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium ferox, Chirotherium herculis, Chirotherium heterodactylum, Chirotherium ischigualastianum, Chirotherium ladinicus, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium postchirotherioides, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Chirotherium vorbachi, Quadridigitus dubius, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Saurichnites pourriaci

Type specimens:

  • Chirotherium rex: UCMP 37782, a footprint. Its type locality is UCMP V3856, Cameron, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial mudstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.
  • Chirotherium moquiensis: UCMP 37345, a footprint. Its type locality is Moqui Wash, which is in a Spathian channel conglomerate/sandstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (5: Arizona, Utah)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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