Orthodactylus howelli Bock 1952 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

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

Belongs to Orthodactylus according to W. Bock 1952

See also Kuhn 1958

Sister taxa: Batrachopus argentinus, Batrachopus bakoenaorum, Batrachopus bellus, Batrachopus deweyi, Batrachopus dispar, Batrachopus gainensis, Batrachopus gilberti, Batrachopus gracilis, Batrachopus grandis, Batrachopus pilosus, Batrachopus rugosus, Batrachopus supersaltator, Batrachopus tenuis, Batrachopus varians, Comptichnus moorosi, Sustenodactylus hollandicus, Chelonoides robusta, Chelonoides wittei, Palamopus divaricans, Palamopus anomalus

Type specimen: ANSP 15219, 15223, a footprint. Its type locality is Squirrel Hill Quarry (tracks), which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Passaic Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Squirrel Hill Quarry (tracks)

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