Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Alternative combination: Chirotherium thuringiacum
Synonyms: Brachychirotherium coburgense Aumann 1957, Brachychirotherium dulcis Ellenberger 1970, Brachychirotherium hassfurtense Beurlen 1950, Chirotherium coburgense Aumann 1957, Chirotherium hassfurtense Beurlen 1950, Pseudotetrasauropus dulcis Ellenberger 1970
Full reference: H. Rühle von Lilienstern. 1938. Fährten aus dem Blasensandstein (km 4 ζ) des mittleren Keupers von Südthüringen [Tracks from the Blasen Sandstone (km 4 ζ) of the middle Keuper of southern Thuringia]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage-Band, Abteilung B 80(1):63-71
Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to P. E. Olsen and P. M. Galton 1984
See also Avanzini et al. 2003, Baird 1954, Baird 1957, Beurlen 1950, D'Orazi Porchetti and Nicosia 2007, Demathieu 1970, Demathieu and Demathieu 2004, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Ellenberger 1970, Ellenberger 1972, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Heller 1952, Heller 1958, Hunt and Lucas 2007, Klein and Haubold 2007, Klein and Lucas 2021, Kuhn 1963, Lang and Huene 1952, Peabody 1948, Rühle von Lilienstern 1938, Sarjeant 1967 and Schmidt 1959
Sister taxa: Brachychirotherium circaparvum, Brachychirotherium eyermani, Brachychirotherium gallicum, Brachychirotherium harrasense, Brachychirotherium hauboldi, Brachychirotherium hessei, Brachychirotherium kalkowensis, Brachychirotherium kuhni, Brachychirotherium lorteti, Brachychirotherium pachydactylum, Brachychirotherium paraparvum, Brachychirotherium parvum, Brachychirotherium praeparvum, Brachychirotherium wiorense
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Lesotho (1 collection)
• Triassic of Germany (3), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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