Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae
Synonym: Herpetichnus Jardine 1850
Full reference: W. Jardine. 1850. Note to Mr. Harkness's paper on "The position of the impressions of footsteps in the Bunter Sandstone of Dumfries-shire". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(33):208-209
Parent taxon: Caseidae according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Haubold 1974, Jardine 1850 and Lockley 2011
Sister taxa: Alierasaurus, Angelosaurus, Arisierpeton, Callibrachion, Casea, Caseoides, Caseopsis, Cotylorhynchus, Datheosaurus, Ennatosaurus, Eocasea, Euromycter, Lalieudorhynchus, Martensius, Oromycter, Phreatophasma, Ruthenosaurus, Trichasaurus
Subtaxa: Chelichnus ambiguum Chelichnus bucklandi Chelichnus duncani Chelichnus gigas Chelichnus hicklingi Chelichnus ingens Chelichnus megacheirus Chelichnus obliquus Chelichnus plancus Chelichnus pricei Chelichnus titan Chelichnus tripodizon Chelichnus wymanianus Herpetichnus bucklandi
Type: Testudo duncani
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Permian of Brazil (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences
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