Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Full reference: F. M. Petti, H. Furrer, E. Collo, E. Martinetto, M. Bernardi, M. Delfino, M. Romano and M. Piazza. 2020. Archosauriform footprints in the Lower Triassic of Western Alps and their role in understanding the effects of the Permian-Triassic hyperthermal. PeerJ 8:e10522
Belongs to Isochirotherium according to F. M. Petti et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Isochirotherium bipedale, Isochirotherium circademathieui, Isochirotherium coltoni, Isochirotherium comblei, Isochirotherium coureli, Isochirotherium delicatum, Isochirotherium demathieui, Isochirotherium felenci, Isochirotherium gierlinskii, Isochirotherium herculis, Isochirotherium hessbergense, Isochirotherium jenense, Isochirotherium lomasi, Isochirotherium marshalli, Isochirotherium sanctacrucense, Isochirotherium soergeli
Type specimen: GT-7-3 (cast Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia dell’Università di Torino, MGPT-PU135785), a footprint (manus-pes couple). Its type locality is Pianezza Creek, 1km SE of Gardetta Plateau, which is in a Triassic terrestrial quartzite in the Ponte di Nava Quartzite Formation of Italy.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pianezza Creek, 1km SE of Gardetta Plateau
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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