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Chirotherium storetonense

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chirotherium storetonense was named by Morton (1863). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is south quarry, Storeton, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium barthii by Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971), Haubold (1974), Avanzini (2000), Klein and Lucas (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Chirotherium storetonense Morton
1904Chirotherium storetonense Beasley p. 226
1905Chirotherium storetonense Beasley p. 282
1907Chirotherium storetonense Beasley p. 169
1938Chirotherium storetonense Rühle von Lilienstern p. 70
1948Chirotherium storetonense Peabody p. 345
1951Chirotherium storetonense Leonardi p. 15
1954Chirotherium storetonense Baird p. 189
1957Chirotherium storetonense Baird p. 482
1958Chirotherium storetonense Kuhn p. 21
1975Chirotherium storetonense Sarjeant p. 286
1993Chirotherium storetonense Tresise p. 319
2003Chirotherium storetonense Tresise p. 132
2004Chirotherium storetonensis Demathieu and Demathieu p. 87
2005Chirotherium storetonense King et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusChirotheriumKaup 1835
speciesstoretonenseMorton 1863

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Anisian or 251.90200 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7United Kingdom (England) Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium sp. (type locality: 164930)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (England) Chirotherium sp. (52505) Chirotherium storetonense (197350)