Batrachichnus salamandroides Geinitz 1861

Amphibia

Alternative combinations: Anthichnium salamandroides, Saurichnites salamandroides

Synonyms: Batrachichnus delicatulus Lull 1918, Hyloidichnus arnhardti Haubold 1973

Full reference: H. B. Geinitz. 1861. Sauriern des Rothliegenden [Saurians from the Rothliegenden]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrfakten-Kunde 1861:65-67

Belongs to Batrachichnus according to H. Klein and S. G. Lucas 2021

See also Geinitz 1861, Geinitz 1861, Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882, Haubold 1971, Hay 1930, Leonardi 1951, Melchor and Sarjeant 2004 and Ptaszyński and Niedźwiedzki 2004

Sister taxa: Batrachichnus jacksonensis, Batrachichnus obscurus, Batrachichnus parvus, Batrachichnus plainvillensis

Type specimens:

  • Batrachichnus salamandroides: Dresden no. 4/5, a footprint. Its type locality is Riesengebirges, Hohenelbe tracksite, which is in an Artinskian/Capitanian terrestrial horizon in the Czech Republic.
  • Batrachichnus delicatulus:
  • Hyloidichnus arnhardti:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Poland (2 collections)

• Permian of Argentina (2), the Czech Republic (1), Poland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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