Brachychirotherium hauboldi Ptaszynski 1990 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Chirotherium hauboldi, Protochirotherium hauboldi

Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to T. Ptaszynski 2000

See also Fuglewicz et al. 1990 and Klein and Lucas 2021

Sister taxa: Brachychirotherium circaparvum, Brachychirotherium eyermani, Brachychirotherium gallicum, Brachychirotherium harrasense, Brachychirotherium hessei, Brachychirotherium kalkowensis, Brachychirotherium kuhni, Brachychirotherium lorteti, Brachychirotherium pachydactylum, Brachychirotherium paraparvum, Brachychirotherium parvum, Brachychirotherium praeparvum, Brachychirotherium thuringiacum, Brachychirotherium wiorense

Type specimen: KR 1:56.1, 5:8.1, 9:14.1; MWGUW 01139, a footprint. Its type locality is Wióry tracksite, which is in a Spathian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Wióry Formation of Poland.

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wióry tracksite

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