Hatcherichnus sanjuanensis Foster and Lockley 1997 (crocodilian)

Reptilia - Crocodylia

Full reference: J. R. Foster and M. G. Lockley. 1997. Probable crocodilian tracks and traces from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of eastern Utah. Ichnos 5:121-129

Belongs to Hatcherichnus according to J. R. Foster and M. G. Lockley 1997

See also Castanera et al. 2020 and Foster and Lockley 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CU-MWC 197.1, 197.2, a footprint. Its type locality is Gray Daun Mine tracksite, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian coarse channel fill sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Utah.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Colorado, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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