Brachychirotherium wiorense Ptaszynski 2000 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Full reference: T. Ptaszynski. 2000. Lower Triassic vertebrate footprints from Wiory, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45(2):151-194

Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to T. Ptaszynski 2000

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

Type specimen: ZPAL R.716:1, 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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