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Brachychirotherium wiorense
Taxonomy
Brachychirotherium wiorense was named by Ptaszynski (2000). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ZPAL R.716:1, 2, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wióry tracksite, which is in a Spathian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Wióry Formation of Poland.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Brachychirotherium wiorense Ptaszynski p. 161 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Brachychirotherium wiorense Ptaszynski 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Ptaszynski 2000 | Large Brachychirotheriumw ith low value of cross axis angle, about 50°. Digit group I-IV strongly curved outwards. Pes digit lengt relations: III>II>IV>I; digits II and IV are approximately equal in length and digit III is distinctly longer than II. Divarication of manus digits I-V axes attains 102-105°. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988 | |||||