Platypterna lockatong Bock 1952 (saurischian)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: W. Bock. 1952. Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):395-433

Belongs to Platypterna according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Bock 1952 and Kuhn 1958

Sister taxa: Platypterna concamerata, Platypterna deanii, Platypterna delicatula, Platypterna digitigrada, Platypterna gracillima, Platypterna recta, Platypterna tenuis, Harpedactylus crassus, Harpedactylus tenuissimus, Harpedactylus gracilior

Type specimen: ANSP 15224, a footprint. Its type locality is Gwynedd Tunnel (track layers), which is in a Norian floodplain claystone in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Gwynedd Tunnel (track layers)

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