Pteraichnus

Pteraichnus
P. wuerhoensis trackway (holotype is 45MR and 58PR, paratype is 7PR and 29PR)
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Ichnofamily: †
Ichnogenus: †
Stokes, 1957
Type ichnospecies
†Pteraichnus saltwashensis
Stokes, 1957
Ichnospecies[1]
  • †Pteraichnus saltwashensis
    Stokes, 1957
  • †Pteraichnus stokesi
    Lockley et al., 1995
  • †Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi
    Pascual-Arribas and Sanz-Pérez, 2000
  • †Pteraichnus parvus
    Fuentes Vidarte et al., 2004
  • †Pteraichnus longipodus
    Fuentes Vidarte et al., 2004
  • †Pteraichnus koreanensis
    Lee et al., 2008
  • †Pteraichnus nipponensis
    Lee et al., 2010
  • †Pteraichnus gracilis
    Ha et al., 2022

Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. As of 2025, eight valid ichnospecies have been described from various units.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ a b Xing, Lida; Díaz-Martínez, Ignacio; Lallensack, Jens N.; Kim, Kyung Soo; Buckley, Lisa G.; Romilio, Anthony; Piñuela, Laura; Wang, Donghao; Chen, Qiyan; Yang, Qing; Chou, Chunyong; Yin, Hang; Jin, Yufei (2025). "Cretaceous vertebrate tracks". Vertebrate Ichnology: 479–747. doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-13837-9.00002-0.
  2. ^ Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. (2008). "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.
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