†family Chirotheriidae Abel 1935 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Alternative spelling: Chirotheridae

Parent taxon: Pseudosuchia according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Baird 1957, Bock 1952, Calvo 2007, Gand 1974, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1974, Kuhn 1963, Kuhn 1964, Kuhn 1966 and Peabody 1948

Sister taxa: Aetosauridae, Aetosauroidea, Browniella, Chasmatosaurus ultimus, Chirotherioidea, Dasygnathus longidens, Dongusia, Dongusia colorata, Elachistosuchoidea, Erpetosuchidae, Gwyneddichniidae, Ingenierichnus, Koilamasuchus, Mambawakale, Nundasuchus, Ornithosuchidae, Ornithosuchoidea, Pallisteriidae, Phytosauria, Procerosuchus, Prochirotherium, Proterosuchoidea, Rileyasuchus, Rotodactylidae, Scleromochloidea, Sphenosuchoidea, Suchia, Synaptichniidae, Teleocrateridae, Youngosuchus

Subtaxa: Brachychirotherium Brachychirotherium tintanti Chelonichnium Chirotherium Chirotherium angustum Chirotherium catalaunicum Chirotherium huberi Chirotherium ibericum Chirotherium lulli Chirotherium wondrai Dahutherium Deuterosauropodopus Deuterosauropodopus minor Isochirotherium Pachysaurichnium Parasynaptichnium Paratrisauropus Pentichnus Protochirotherium Pseudochirotherium Sauropodopus Shimmelia Swinnertonichnus Synaptichnium Thecodontichnus fucinii

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Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (1), Lesotho (3)

• Triassic of Argentina (6), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (4), France (42), Germany (16), Italy (6), Lesotho (4), Morocco (22), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), Poland (4), Spain (5), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (35), United States (68: Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)

• Buntsandstein of Germany (3)

• Permian to Triassic of Argentina (1)

• Permian of Poland (2)

Total: 229 collections including 370 occurrences

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