Synonyms: Steropezoum Hitchcock 1848, Tridentipes Hitchcock 1858
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25
Parent taxon: Reptilia according to O. Kuhn 1963
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1958, Lull 1904, Lull 1917 and Quenstedt 1882
Sister taxa: Amblyglossae, Anapsida, Anhomoiichnium, Apatomerus, Archaeosauria, Atremata, Chelydosauria, Cunichnoides, Dimetropus, Diplotremata, Dipnoa, Dolichobrachium, Dravidosaurus, Dravidosaurus blanfordi, Embolophorus, Enaliosauria, Eureptilia, Glauconia, Holosauria, Hyperosauria, Ichthyosaurus inexpectatus, Ischyrotherium, Isocampe, Kintneria, Lyognatha, Macelognatha, Metamosaurus, Monopnoa, Monotreta, Monozygocrotapha, Onychichnium, Oolithes, Ornithocephala, Pantestudines, Parareptilia, Pessopteryx arctica, Pessopteryx pinguis, Placodontomorpha, Plesiosaurus doedicomus, Poeciloglyptica, Polemarchus, Proganosauromorpha, Proreptilia, Prosauria, Protorosauria, Puercosaurus, Puercosaurus obtusidens, Rhamphosauria, Rhizodonta, Rhynchosauroidae, Saurichthys indicus, Saurophidia, Seps, Sillimanius, Squamata, Streptosauria, Svalbardosaurus, Svalbardosaurus crassidens, Testudinata, Theromorpha, Tocosauria
Subtaxa: Steropoides divaricatus Steropoides diversus Steropoides infelix Steropoides ingens Steropoides uncus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (13: Connecticut, Massachusetts collections)
• Triassic of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 14 collections including 39 occurrences
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