Shepardia dehiscens Foster et al. 2025 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

Full reference: J. R. Foster, J. D. Harris, A. R. Milner, E. M. Bordy, L. Sciscio, D. Castanera, M. Belvedere, L. Xing, and M. G. Lockley. 2025. Jurassic vertebrate tracks and traces. Vertebrate Ichnology: Tetrapod Tracks and Trackways 265-478

Belongs to Shepardia according to J. R. Foster et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Batrachopus argentinus, Batrachopus bakoenaorum, Batrachopus bellus, Batrachopus deweyi, Batrachopus dispar, Batrachopus gainensis, Batrachopus gracilis, Batrachopus grandis, Batrachopus pilosus, Batrachopus rugosus, Batrachopus supersaltator, Batrachopus tenuis, Batrachopus varians, Orthodactylus howelli, Sustenodactylus hollandicus, Comptichnus moorosi, Palamopus divaricans, Palamopus anomalus, Chelonoides wittei, Chelonoides robusta

Type specimen: ACM-ICH 51/18, a footprint

Ecology: planktonic herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Shepardia dehiscens in the database

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