Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae
Synonym: Herpetichnus sauroplesius 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
Belongs to Chelichnus according to P. J. McKeever and H. Haubold 1996
See also Jardine 1850
Sister taxa: Chelichnus ambiguum, 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 specimens:
- Chelichnus bucklandi: Its type locality is Corncockle Quarry, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial sandstone in the Corncockle Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom
- Herpetichnus sauroplesius: Its type locality is Corncockle Quarry, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial sandstone in the Corncockle Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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