Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Full reference: P. Ellenberger. 1974. Contribution à la classification des pistes de Vertébrés du Trias: les types du Stormberg d'Afrique du Sud (IIème partie: Le Stormberg superieur - I. Le biome de la zone B/1 ou niveau de Moyeni: ses biocénoses) [Contribution to the classification of the vertebrate tracks of the Triassic: the types from the Stormberg of South Africa (2nd part: The upper Stormberg - I. The biome of zone B/1 or Moyeni level: its biocoenoses]. Palaeovertebrata Mém. Ext.(1974):1-147
Belongs to Synaptichnium according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Ellenberger 1974
Sister taxa: Synaptichnium argantobrivense, Synaptichnium cameronensis, Synaptichnium chirotherioides, Synaptichnium diabloensis, Synaptichnium hildburghausense, Synaptichnium kotanskii, Synaptichnium priscum, Synaptichnium pseudosuchoides, Synaptichnium senkowiczowae
Type specimen: 76B, a footprint. Its type locality is Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2), which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone in the Elliot Formation of Lesotho.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mokkanametsong tracksite (zone B/2)
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