Batrachopus varians Demathieu 1970 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

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 Batrachopus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Courel et al. 1968, Demathieu 1970, Demathieu and Haubold 1972 and Haubold 1974

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

Type specimen: 21.1 I1, 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: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chasselay tracksite, level C (BQ)

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