Synaptichnium chirotherioides Ptaszynski 1990 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Belongs to Synaptichnium according to H. Klein et al. 2011

See also Fuglewicz et al. 1990 and Ptaszynski 2000

Sister taxa: Synaptichnium argantobrivense, Synaptichnium cameronensis, Synaptichnium diabloensis, Synaptichnium hildburghausense, Synaptichnium kotanskii, Synaptichnium motutongense, Synaptichnium priscum, Synaptichnium pseudosuchoides, Synaptichnium senkowiczowae

Type specimen: MWGUW 01142:13.6; TPW 19:48.2, a footprint. Its type locality is Wióry tracksite, which is in a Spathian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Wióry Formation of Poland.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wióry tracksite

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