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Isochirotherium herculis âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9442967https://www.gbif.org/species/9442967
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)346991https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=346991
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Isochirotherium : Isochirotherium herculis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Chirotheriidae : Isochirotherium : Isochirotherium herculis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
-Pseudosuchia
familyChirotheriidaeAbel 1935
genusIsochirotheriumHaubold 1971
speciesIsochirotherium herculisEgerton 1839
Generic NameIsochirotherium
Scientific NameIsochirotherium herculis (Egerton, 1839)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesbelongs to Isochirotheriumstated with evidenceDemathieu and Haubold, 1972
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesbelongs to Isochirotheriumstated without evidenceCourel and Demathieu, 1976
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesnomen dubium Chirotheriidaestated with evidenceKing et al., 2005
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesbelongs to Isochirotheriumstated without evidenceGand et al., 2007
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesbelongs to Isochirotheriumstated with evidenceClark and Corrance, 2009
Isochirotherium herculisspeciesbelongs to Isochirotheriumstated without evidenceKlein et al., 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Pseudosuchia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. E. Peabody. 1948. Reptile and amphibian trackways from the Lower Triassic Moenkopi formation of Arizona and Utah. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(8):295-468

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Chirotherium herculis Egerton
1842Cheirotherium hercules Owen p. 188
1846Chirotherium herculis Girard p. 17
1854Cheirotherium hercules Mantell p. 753
1902Chirotherium herculis Beasley p. 18
1948Chirotherium herculis Peabody p. 344
1954Chirotherium herculis Baird p. 174
YearName and Author
1958Chirotherium herculis Kuhn p. 21
1972Isochirotherium herculis Demathieu and Haubold p. 805
1976Isochirotherium herculis Courel and Demathieu p. 202
2007Isochirotherium herculis Gand et al. p. 6
2009Isochirotherium herculis Clark and Corrance
2011Isochirotherium herculis Klein et al. p. 223
2012Isochirotherium herculis Gand et al. p. 68

References

Peabody F. E. (1948) Reptile and amphibian trackways from the Lower Triassic Moenkopi formation of Arizona and Utah, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27 8, 295-468
Owen R. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11, 60-204
Girard H. Über die Fährten vorweltlicher Thiere im Sandstein, insbesondere von Chirotherium [On the tracks of prehistoric animals in sandstone, especially Chirotherium], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846, 1-22
Mantell G. A. , The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2, 447-930
Baird D. (1954) Chirotherium lulli, a pseudosuchian reptile from New Jersey, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111 4, 165-192
Kuhn O. (1958) , Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles], 1-64
Demathieu G. R., Haubold H. (1972) Stratigraphische Aussagen der Tetrapodenfährten aus der terrestrischen Trias Europas [Stratigraphic statements about the tetrapod tracks from the European terrestrial Triassic], Geologie 21, 802-836
Courel L., Demathieu G. (1976) Une ichnofaune reptiliene remarquable dans les grès triasiques de Largentière (Ardèche, France) [A remarkable reptilian ichnofauna from the Triassic sandstones of Largentière (Ardèche, France)], Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151 4–6, 194-216
Gand G., Demathieu G., et al (2007) Les traces de pas d'amphibiens, de dinosaures et autres reptiles du Mesozoïque français: Inventaire et interpretations [Footprints of amphibians, dinosaurs, and other reptiles from the French Mesozoic: inventory and interpretations], Palaeovertebrata 2007 1–4, 1-149
Clark N. D. L., Corrance H. (2009) New discoveries of Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1838) and a reassessment of chirotheriid footprints from the Triassic of the Isle of Arran, Scotland, Scottish Journal of Geology 45, 69-82
Klein H., Voigt S., et al (2011) First occurrence of a Middle Triassic tetrapod ichnofauna from the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 307 1-4, 218-231 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.021
Gand G., Bourillot R., et al (2012) Les Reptiles et Synapsides fossiles de Bourgogne [The fossil reptiles and synapsids of Bourgogne], Atlas des Reptiles de Bourgogne [Atlas of the Reptiles of Bourgogne] 12, 33-97
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