Batrachopus argentinus Lull 1942

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

Alternative combinations: Batrachopus argentina, Parabatrachopus argentina

Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1942. Triassic footprints from Argentina. The American Journal of Science, series 5 240:421-425

Belongs to Batrachopus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Leonardi 1981 and Lull 1942

Sister taxa: Batrachopus bakoenaorum, Batrachopus bellus, Batrachopus deweyi, Batrachopus dispar, Batrachopus gainensis, Batrachopus gilberti, Batrachopus gracilis, Batrachopus grandis, Batrachopus pilosus, Batrachopus rugosus, Batrachopus supersaltator, Batrachopus tenuis, Batrachopus varians, Chelonoides wittei, Chelonoides robusta, Orthodactylus howelli, Comptichnus moorosi, Palamopus divaricans, Palamopus anomalus, Sustenodactylus hollandicus

Type specimen: AMNH 1805. Its type locality is Sierra de las Quijadas tracksite, which is in a Neocomian terrestrial sandstone in the Los Jumes Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Sierra de las Quijadas tracksite

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