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Brachychirotherium pachydactylum

Reptilia - Chirotheriidae

Taxonomy
Brachychirotherium pachydactylum was named by Demathieu and Gand (1973). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is track pairs P3 & P4, trackway F, level BF2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Pissoire Quarries, BF2 tracksite, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Grès d'Antully Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Demathieu and Gand p. 11 figs. Pl. 1-2
1974Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand p. 9
1975Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand p. 8
1976Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Courel and Demathieu p. 206
1977Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand p. 15
1978Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand p. 16
1979Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand p. 9
2004Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Demathieu and Demathieu p. 84
2007Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand et al. p. 12
2012Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Gand et al. p. 68

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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
genusBrachychirotherium
speciespachydactylum

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.

†Brachychirotherium pachydactylum Demathieu and Gand 1973
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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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Ladinian or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Saône-et-Loire) Brachychirotherium sp. (36226)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Brachychirotherium pachydactylum (28462 62182 68223) Brachychirotherium pachydactylum, Brachychirotherium sp. (62183) Brachychirotherium sp. (199909) Chirotherium sp. (type locality: 24834 199911)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Brachychirotherium pachydactylum (28092)