Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Synonyms: Chirosaurus Kaup 1835, Krokodilipus Nopcsa 1923, Quadridigitus Biron and Dutuit 1981, Saurichnites Geinitz 1861, Sphingopus Demathieu 1966
Parent taxon: Chirotheriidae according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021
See also Baird 1954, Biron and Dutuit 1981, Bock 1952, Demathieu 1989, Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Gand 1974, Gand 1979, Gand and Demathieu 2005, Haubold 1969, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Kuhn 1966, Kuhn 1971, Peabody 1948, Rainforth 2003, Thulborn 1993 and Tongiorgi 1980
Sister taxa: Brachychirotherium, Brachychirotherium tintanti, Chelonichnium, Chirotherium angustum, Chirotherium catalaunicum, Chirotherium huberi, Chirotherium ibericum, Chirotherium lulli, Chirotherium wondrai, Dahutherium, Deuterosauropodopus, Deuterosauropodopus minor, Isochirotherium, Pachysaurichnium, Parasynaptichnium, Paratrisauropus, Pentichnus, Protochirotherium, Pseudochirotherium, Sauropodopus, Shimmelia, Swinnertonichnus, Synaptichnium, Thecodontichnus fucinii
Subtaxa: Chirotherium atlensis Chirotherium barthii Chirotherium culmbachense Chirotherium ferox Chirotherium herculis Chirotherium heterodactylum Chirotherium ischigualastianum Chirotherium ladinicus Chirotherium mediterraneum Chirotherium peabodyi Chirotherium postchirotherioides Chirotherium praeparvum Chirotherium reiteri Chirotherium rex Chirotherium sickleri Chirotherium soergeli Chirotherium storetonense Chirotherium swinnertoni Chirotherium vorbachi Quadridigitus dubius Saurichnites leisnerianus Saurichnites pourriaci
Type: Isochirotherium soergeli
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Lesotho (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (5), China (4), France (25), Germany (11), Italy (4), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), Poland (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (20), United States (18: Arizona, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Permian of Germany (3), Poland (2)
Total: 109 collections including 138 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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