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Chirotherium sickleri
Taxonomy
Chirotherium sickleri was named by Kaup (1835). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil.
It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium minus by Kuhn (1958).
It was synonymized subjectively with Chirotherium minus by Kuhn (1958).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1835 | Chirotherium bipes Berthold |
1835 | Chirotherium sickleri Kaup |
1836 | Chirotherium minus Sickler |
1886 | Chirotherium minus Winkler p. 191 |
1905 | Chirotherium minus Beasley p. 282 |
1917 | Chirotherium bornemanni Willruth |
1923 | Chirotherium beasleyi Nopcsa |
1927 | Chirotherium sickleri Kirchner p. 118 |
1938 | Chirotherium bornemanni Schmidt p. 124 |
1938 | Chirotherium sickleri Schmidt p. 124 |
1948 | Chirotherium beasleyi Peabody p. 347 |
1948 | Chirotherium minus Peabody p. 358 |
1952 | Chirotherium bornemanni Lang and Huene p. 4 |
1952 | Chirotherium sickleri Lang and Huene p. 6 |
1954 | Chirotherium minus Baird p. 168 |
1954 | Chirotherium beasleyi Baird p. 172 |
1957 | Chirotherium minus Baird p. 482 |
1958 | Chirotherium beasleyi Kuhn p. 21 |
1958 | Chirotherium minus Kuhn p. 21 |
1959 | Chirotherium minus Schmidt p. 97 |
1969 | Chirotherium sickleri Haubold p. 92 fig. 2 |
1971 | Chirotherium sickleri Haubold p. 55 |
1972 | Chirotherium sickleri Demathieu and Haubold p. 805 |
1974 | Chirotherium sickleri Haubold p. 103 |
1975 | Chirotherium sickleri Sarjeant p. 301 |
1997 | Chirotherium beasleyi Tresise and Sarjeant |
2003 | Chirotherium minus Tresise p. 134 |
2003 | Chirotherium sickleri Tresise p. 137 |
2005 | Chirotherium sickleri King et al. |
2007 | Chirotherium sickleri Klein and Haubold p. 120 |
2010 | Chirotherium sickleri Klein and Lucas p. 31 |
2012 | Chirotherium sickleri Haderer and Sachs p. 8 |
2021 | Chirotherium sickleri Klein and Lucas p. 30–31 |
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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 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]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021 | Digit IV in the pes slightly shorter than III but much longer than II. Digit I thin and short but with minor posterior shift compared with other Chirotherium ichnospecies. Digit V with slender, recurved phalangeal portion and slightly enlarged basal pad. Trackway narrow with long strides, pace angulation 160°. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 |
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Triassic | United Kingdom (England) | Chirotherium minus, Chirotherium minus (164930) | |
Spathian | USA (Arizona) | Chirotherium minus (95107) | |
Olenekian - Anisian | Germany (Thuringia) | Chirotherium bornemanni (191137) Chirotherium sickleri (191138) | |
Anisian | United Kingdom (England) | Chirotherium sickleri (197353) |