Brachychirotherium kalkowensis Niedzwiedzki and Ptaszynski 2007 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Full reference: G. Niedzwiedzki and T. Ptaszynski. 2007. Large Chirotheriidae tracks in the Early Triassic of Wióry, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica 57(3):325-342

Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to G. Niedzwiedzki and T. Ptaszynski 2007

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

Type specimen: Muz. PIG OS-220/251, 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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