Chirotherium ischigualastianum Huene 1931

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae

Alternative combinations: Rigalites ischigualastensis, Rigalites ischigualastianus

Full reference: F. v. Huene. 1931. Die fossilen Fährten im Rhät von Ischugualasto in Nordwest-Argentinien [The fossil footprints in the Rhaetian of Ischigualasto in northwest Argentina]. Palaeobiologica 4:99-112

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

See also Fossa-Mancini 1939, Frenguelli 1948, Haubold 1971, Huene 1931, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Leonardi 1981, Leonardi 1994, Melchor and de Valais 2006 and Thulborn 1990

Sister taxa: Chirotherium atlensis, Chirotherium barthii, Chirotherium culmbachense, Chirotherium ferox, Chirotherium herculis, Chirotherium heterodactylum, Chirotherium ladinicus, Chirotherium mediterraneum, Chirotherium peabodyi, Chirotherium postchirotherioides, Chirotherium praeparvum, Chirotherium reiteri, Chirotherium rex, Chirotherium sickleri, Chirotherium soergeli, Chirotherium storetonense, Chirotherium swinnertoni, Chirotherium vorbachi, Quadridigitus dubius, Saurichnites leisnerianus, Saurichnites pourriaci

Type specimen: PVL 2610 (plastotype), a footprint. Its type locality is Mina de Los Rastros tracksite, which is in a Ladinian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/limestone in the Los Rastros Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Mina de Los Rastros tracksite

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