Brachychirotherium paraparvum Demathieu and Oosterink 1988 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Full reference: G. R. Demathieu and H. W. Oosterink. 1988. New discoveries of ichnofossils from the Middle Triassic of Winterswijk (the Netherlands). Geologie en Mijnbouw 67:3-17

Belongs to Brachychirotherium according to G. R. Demathieu and H. W. Oosterink 1988

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

Type specimen: D 277, a footprint. Its type locality is Steengroeve Winterswijk, which is in an Anisian peritidal limestone in the Vossenveld Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Steengroeve Winterswijk

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.