Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Full reference: H. Kirchner. 1927. Über die Tierfährten im oberen Buntsandstein Frankens [On the animal footprints in the Franconian upper Buntsandstein]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 9(1–3):112-122
Belongs to Chirotherium according to M. J. King et al. 2005
See also Demathieu 1970, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Kirchner 1927, Klein and Lucas 2021, Kuhn 1958, Lang and Huene 1952, Peabody 1948 and Schmidt 1938
Sister taxa: Chirotherium atlensis, Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium ferox, Chirotherium herculis, Chirotherium heterodactylum, Chirotherium ischigualastianum, Chirotherium ladinicus, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium postchirotherioides, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium rex, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Saurichnites pourriaci, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Quadridigitus dubius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aura an der Saale tracksite, which is in a Buntsandstein terrestrial horizon in Germany
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
• Permian of Germany (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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