Protochirotherium | |
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Prortochirotherium holotype trace fossil, displayed in Regionalmuseum Wolfhagen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | Reptilipedia |
Family: | †Chirotheriidae |
Genus: | †Protochirotherium Fichter and Kunz, 2004 |
Binomial name | |
†Protochirotherium wolfhagenense Fichter and Kunz, 2004 |
Protochirotherium, also known as Protocheirotherium (‘first hand-beast’), is an Early Triassic trace fossil consisting of five-fingered (pentadactyle) footprints and whole tracks, discovered in Germany and later Morocco. The type, and only ichnospecies, is Protochirotheroum wolfhagenense, named and described in 2004[1] and re-evaluated in 2007.[2]
In 2014, Bullyland made a Protochirotherium model to celebrate ten years of the discovery of the ichnogenus.
Fossil distribution[]
Fossils of Protochirotherium have been found in:[3]
- Triassic
- Detfurth Formation (Buntsandstein), Olenekian, Germany (Protochirotherium wolfhagenense)[1]
- Argana Basin, Morocco (Protochirotherium sp.)[4][5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fichter and Kunz, 2004
- ↑ H. Klein and H. Haubold. 2007. Archosaur footprints – potential for biochronology of Triassic continental sequences. In S. G. Lucas & J. A. Spielmann (ed.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41:120-130 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]
- ↑ [Protochirotherium] at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ H. Klein, S. Voigt, A. Hminna, H. Saber, J. Scnheider and D. Hmich. 2010. Early Triassic archosaur-dominated footprint assemblage from the Argana Basin (western High Atlas, Morocco). Ichnos 17:1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
- ↑ M. Carrano CDUE locality 11, Argana Basin (coll. Voigt, Schneider 2008–2009)