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Chirotherium vorbachi

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chirotherium vorbachi was named by Kirchner (1927). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Aura an der Saale tracksite, which is in a Buntsandstein terrestrial horizon in Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium barthi by Peabody (1948), Kuhn (1958) and Demathieu (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium barthii by Haubold (1969), Haubold (1971) and Klein and Lucas (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Chirotherium vorbachi Kirchner p. 117
1938Chirotherium vorbachi Schmidt p. 67
1952Chirotherium vorbachi Lang and Huene p. 107
2005Chirotherium vorbachi King et al.

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

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.

†Chirotherium vorbachi Kirchner 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Anisian or 252.17000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany (Bavaria) Chirotherium vorbachi (type locality: 205800 205801)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2United Kingdom (England) Chirotherium vorbachi (164930)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Germany (Thuringia) Chirotherium vorbachi (182300)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0United Kingdom (England) Chirotherium sp. (197352) Chirotherium vorbachi (52505)