Pteraichnus saltwashensis Stokes 1957 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Full reference: W. L. Stokes. 1957. Pterodactyl tracks from the Morrison Formation. Journal of Paleontology 31:952-954

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to B. Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009

See also Conrad et al. 1987, Foster and Lockley 2006, Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2004, Haubold 1971, Langston 1974, Li et al. 2015, Masrour et al. 2018, Pascual Arribas and Sanz Pérez 2000, Sarjeant 1975 and Xing et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus dongyangensis, Pteraichnus koreanensis, Pteraichnus longipodus, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus parvus, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior, Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sah Tah Wash tracksite, Four Corners, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian levee sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Arizona

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections)

• Jurassic of United States (2: Arizona, Utah)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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