Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Full reference: G. R. Demathieu. 1970. Empreintes de Pas de Vertébrés du Trias de la Bordure Nord-Est du Massif Central (Vertebrate Footprints from the Triassic of the Northeast Border of the Massif Central]. Cahiers de Paléontologie 1-211
Belongs to Synaptichnium according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Courel et al. 1968, Courel and Demathieu 1995, Demathieu 1970, Demathieu 1985, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Demathieu and Haubold 1974, Gand et al. 2012, Gand et al. 2007, Haubold 1974 and Klein et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Synaptichnium argantobrivense, Synaptichnium cameronensis, Synaptichnium chirotherioides, Synaptichnium diabloensis, Synaptichnium hildburghausense, Synaptichnium kotanskii, Synaptichnium motutongense, Synaptichnium pseudosuchoides, Synaptichnium senkowiczowae
Type specimen: 21.1 FL, GGPD coll., a footprint. Its type locality is Chasselay tracksite, level C (BQ), which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial horizon in the Grès Inférieurs du Lyonnais Formation of France.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chasselay tracksite, level C (BQ)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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