Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Full reference: W. L. Stokes. 1957. Pterodactyl tracks from the Morrison Formation. Journal of Paleontology 31:952-954
Parent taxon: Pteraichnidae according to R.-j. Chen et al. 2013
See also Calvo 2007, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kim et al. 2006, Lockley et al. 1995, Lockley et al. 2001, Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009 and Stokes 1957
Sister taxon: Purbeckopus
Subtaxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi Pteraichnus dongyangensis Pteraichnus koreanensis Pteraichnus longipodus Pteraichnus manueli Pteraichnus nipponensis Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi Pteraichnus parvus Pteraichnus saltwashensis Pteraichnus stokesi Pteraichnus vetustior Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), China (11), Japan (1), Mexico (2), South Korea (4), Spain (9), United States (2: Utah)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Spain (4), United States (13: Arizona, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 54 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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