Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae
Full reference: W. Bock. 1952. Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):395-433
Belongs to Orthodactylus according to W. Bock 1952
See also Kuhn 1958
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, Comptichnus moorosi, Chelonoides robusta, Chelonoides wittei, Sustenodactylus hollandicus, Palamopus divaricans, Palamopus anomalus, Shepardia dehiscens
Type specimen: ANSP 15219, 15223, a footprint. Its type locality is Squirrel Hill Quarry (tracks), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology: planktonic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Squirrel Hill Quarry (tracks)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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