Chelichnus megacheirus Huxley 1859 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae

Belongs to Chelichnus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Tresise and Sarjeant 1997

Sister taxa: Chelichnus ambiguum, Chelichnus bucklandi, Chelichnus duncani, Chelichnus gigas, Chelichnus hicklingi, Chelichnus ingens, Chelichnus obliquus, Chelichnus plancus, Chelichnus pricei, Chelichnus titan, Chelichnus tripodizon, Chelichnus wymanianus, Herpetichnus bucklandi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mason Heugh's Quarry, Cummingstone, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mason Heugh's Quarry, Cummingstone

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