Synaptichnium priscum Demathieu 1970 (archosaur)

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)

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