Rotodactylus lucasi Demathieu and Gand 1973 (archosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Rotodactylidae

Full reference: G. Demathieu and G. Gand. 1973. Deux espèces ichnologiques nouvelles des Grès à Empreintes du Trias du Plateau d’Antully [Two new ichnological species from the Triassic Grès à Empreintes of the Antully plateau]. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun 67:11-27

Belongs to Rotodactylus according to G. Gand et al. 2012

See also Brusatte et al. 2011, Demathieu and Gand 1973, Gand 1974, Gand 1975, Gand 1977, Gand 1978, Gand et al. 2007, Klein and Haubold 2007 and Klein et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Rotodactylus bessieri, Rotodactylus bradyi, Rotodactylus cursorius, Rotodactylus kronachensis, Rotodactylus matthesi, Rotodactylus rati, Rotodactylus tumidus, Rotodactylus velox

Type specimen: BF2, 65B, a footprint. Its type locality is La Pissoire Quarries, BF2 tracksite, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Grès d'Antully Formation of France.

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of France (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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