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Chirotherium

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Chirotherium Kaup pp. 327-328
1835Chirosaurus Kaup p. 328
1861Saurichnites Geinitz p. 65
1923Krokodilipus Nopcsa
1948Chirotherium Peabody p. 340
1952Saurichnites Bock p. 403
1952Chirotherium Bock p. 410
1954Chirotherium Baird p. 167
1958Chirotherium Kuhn p. 21
1963Chirotherium Kuhn p. 68
1966Sphingopus Demathieu p. 485 fig. 2
1966Chirotherium Kuhn p. 75
1969Chirotherium Haubold p. 91
1971Chirotherium Haubold p. 55
1971Sphingopus Haubold p. 64
1971Chirotherium Kuhn p. 23
1972Chirotherium Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1972Sphingopus Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1974Chirotherium Gand p. 9
1974Chirotherium Haubold p. 39
1974Sphingopus Haubold p. 40
1979Sphingopus Gand p. 9
1980Chirotherium Tongiorgi p. 81
1981Quadridigitus Biron and Dutuit p. 407
1989Chirotherium Demathieu p. 202
1989Sphingopus Demathieu p. 202
1993Sphingopus Thulborn p. 461
2003Chirotherium Rainforth pp. 824-826
2005Chirotherium Gand and Demathieu p. 726
2005Sphingopus Gand and Demathieu p. 726
2021Chirotherium Klein and Lucas p. 21

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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

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.

G. †Chirotherium Kaup 1835
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†Chirotherium atlensis Biron and Dutuit 1981
†Chirotherium barthii Kaup 1835
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Invalid names: Chirotherium bairdi Reig 1961 [synonym], Chirotherium gallicum Willruth 1917 [synonym], Chirotherium higuerensis Rusconi 1952 [synonym], Chirotherium kaupii Owen 1842 [synonym], Chirotherium majus Sickler 1836 [synonym], Chirotherium pfeifferi Soergel 1925 [synonym], Saurichnites auraensis Kirchner 1927 [synonym], Saurichnites gambaensis Schuster 1936 [synonym]
†Chirotherium culmbachense Soergel 1925
†Chirotherium ferox Demathieu 1966
†Chirotherium herculis Egerton 1839
†Chirotherium ladinicus Avanzini and Wachtler 2012
†Chirotherium mediterraneum Demathieu and Durand 1991
†Chirotherium peabodyi Faber 1958
†Chirotherium praeparvum Haubold 1967
†Chirotherium reiteri Moore 1873
†Chirotherium rex Peabody 1948
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Invalid names: Chirotherium moquiensis Peabody 1948 [synonym]
†Chirotherium sickleri Kaup 1835
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Invalid names: Chirotherium beasleyi Nopcsa 1923 [synonym], Chirotherium bipes Berthold 1835 [synonym], Chirotherium bornemanni Willruth 1917 [synonym], Chirotherium minus Sickler 1836 [synonym]
†Chirotherium soergeli Haubold 1969
†Chirotherium swinnertoni Sarjeant 1970
†Chirotherium vorbachi Kirchner 1927
Invalid names: Chirosaurus Kaup 1835 [synonym], Krokodilipus Nopcsa 1923 [synonym], Quadridigitus Biron and Dutuit 1981 [synonym], Saurichnites Geinitz 1861 [synonym], Sphingopus Demathieu 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021Trackways of quadrupeds or facultative bipeds with pentadactyl pes and manus imprints. Pes imprint with functionally tridactyl, pronounced digit group II– IV; digit III longest; digit I reduced and thinner; pedal digit V positioned slightly laterally behind the digit group I–IV; ratio of manus:pes area in completely preserved specimens = 1:2, up to 3.5. Pace angulation mostly 160°-170°.
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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Turonian or 290.10000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Poland (Lower Silesia) Saurichnites divaricatus, Saurichnites gracilis (223853) Saurichnites leisnerianus (187930)
Buntsandstein259.51 - 251.902Germany (Bavaria) C. vorbachi (205801) Saurichnites auraensis (205802) Saurichnites auraensis, C. vorbachi (205800)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Guizhou) C. sp. (60516)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) C. barthii (222574)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Niger (Agadez) C. sp. (200662)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Italy (Cuneo) C. sp. (224578)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Spain (Islas Baleares) C. sp. (95349)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7United Kingdom (England) C. herculis (164932) C. storetonense, C. minus, C. vorbachi, C. sp., C. minus (164930)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) C. sp. (197357)
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic251.902 - 237.0Switzerland (Valais) C. barthii (221969)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) C. sp. (135440)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) C. barthii (149976)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464USA (Arizona) C. sp. (105106)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464United Kingdom (Staffordshire) C. sp. (197356)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464Germany (Thuringia) C. barthi, C. sickleri (191138) C. bornemanni (191137) C. sp. (191139) C. sp., C. barthii, C. barthi, C. pfeifferi, C. vorbachi (182300)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Wyoming) C. barthii (135634 135635 135636 135637)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Arizona) C. moquiensis (95109) C. rex, C. minus (95107)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France (Grand Est) C. sp. (189021)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) C. barthi (114095) C. barthii (135413) C. rex, C. barthi (95093 114094) C. sp. (34888)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Utah) C. moquiensis (114090)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Netherlands (Gelderland) Rhynchosauroides peabodyi (96875)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) C. sp. (74513)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) C. barthii (199858 199903)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Languedoc-Rousillon) C. barthii, Sphingopus ferox, C. gallicum (199936)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (Wirral) C. sp. (197349)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (England) C. barthii, C. vorbachi, C. sp. (52505) C. sp. (80838 197351 197352) C. sp., C. barthii (197296) C. sp., C. barthii, C. sickleri (197353) C. sp., C. storetonense (197350) Otozoum swinnertoni, Coelurosaurichnus sp. (83053)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Swietoryzskie) C. barthii, Sphingopus sp. (175801)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Spain (Aragon) C. barthii (199856)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) C. barthii (194584)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) C. barthii (199928) C. sp. (68226 199913) C. sp., Sphingopus sp. (199912) Sphingopus ferox (62182 199910 199911) Sphingopus ferox, C. barthi (28462) Sphingopus sp. (68222) Sphingopus sp., Sphingopus ferox (24834)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Rhône-Alpes) C. sp. (199929)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) C. sp. (31310 199933 199934) Sphingopus ferox (201284) Sphingopus ferox, C. barthi (192151)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) C. barthi (191135 191136) C. pfeifferi (191134)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0China (Guizhou) C. barthii (196817 196818)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France ( Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) C. barthi (201287)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Sphingopus ferox, C. barthi (201285)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (227184)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) C. barthii (85558)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Sphingopus ferox (201286) Sphingopus ferox, C. sp. (28092)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) C. sp., Sphingopus ladinicus (196816)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Spain (Aragon) Brachychirotherium gallicum (199855)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy C. rex (154341)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (San Juan) Rigalites ischigualastensis (74751)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) C. barthii, C. rex (219953)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Switzerland (Valais) Isochirotherium sp. (220870)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Morocco (Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz) C. atlensis (219915)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (187948)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Bayern) C. sp. (97735) Dinosaurichnium postchirotherioides (139731)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Morocco (Marrakech-Safi) Parachirotherium postchirotherioides (205518) Quadridigitus dubius (34701)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) C. sp. (28091)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (174686)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (174684)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Virginia) C. sp. (192421)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Pennsylvania) C. sp. (230404)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (197334)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (84021)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Argentina (Mendoza) C. higuerensis (206089)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Argentina (La Rioja) C. sp. (85569)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Pennsylvania) C. sp. (45195)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4China (Sichuan) C. sp. (224334)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4France (Pays de la Loire) C. sp. (70801)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Lesotho (Leribe) C. sp. (56014)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Aswan) C. sp. (138680)