Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Alternative combination: Sphingopus ladinicus
Full reference: M. Avanzini and M. Wachtler. 2012. Sphingopus ladinicus isp. nov. from the Anisian of the Braies Dolomites (Southern Alps, Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51(1):64
Belongs to Chirotherium according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021
See also Avanzini and Wachtler 2012
Sister taxa: Chirotherium atlensis, Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium ferox, Chirotherium herculis, Chirotherium heterodactylum, Chirotherium ischigualastianum, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium postchirotherioides, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium rex, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Chirotherium vorbachi, Quadridigitus dubius, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Saurichnites pourriaci
Type specimen: FP003/C, a footprint. Its type locality is Passo Furcia, which is in an Illyrian dry floodplain sandstone/conglomerate in the Richthofen Conglomerate Formation of Italy.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Passo Furcia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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