Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Full reference: P. E. Biron and J.-M. Dutuit. 1981. Figurations sédimentaires et traces d'activité au sol dans le Trias de la formation d'Argana et de l'Ourika (Maroc) [Sedimentary patterns and soil activity traces in the Triassic of the Argana and Ourika formations (Morocco)]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e série, section C 3(4):399-427
Belongs to Chirotherium according to P. E. Biron and J.-M. Dutuit 1981
Sister taxa: Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium ferox, Chirotherium herculis, Chirotherium heterodactylum, Chirotherium ischigualastianum, Chirotherium ladinicus, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium postchirotherioides, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium rex, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Chirotherium vorbachi, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Saurichnites pourriaci, Quadridigitus dubius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yagour tracksite, which is in a Carnian terrestrial sandstone in the Oukaïmeden Sandstone Formation of Morocco
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yagour tracksite
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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