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Sphingopus

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Sphingopus
Temporal range: 250–228 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Ichnofamily: Parachirotheriidae
Ichnogenus: Sphingopus
Demathieu, 1966
Type ichnospecies
Sphingopus ferox
Demathieu, 1966

Sphingopus is an ichnogenus of dinosauromorph footprints found in sediments dating to 250 and 228 Ma.[1][2] The exact species which created the Sphingopus tracks have not been identified.

Specimens

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Sphingopus type footprints are known from two locations. Fossils dating 228–245 million years have been recovered from what appears to have been a lagoon in the Grès d'Antully Formation in Saône-et-Loire, France.[2][3][4][5] More recently, older tracks attributed to this form, dating 246–250 million years ago, have been discovered in the Holy Cross Mountains in Poland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Brusatte, S.L., Niedźwiedzki, G., & Butler, R.J. (2010). "Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 278 (1708): 1107–1113. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1746. PMC 3049033. PMID 20926435.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Gand, G. (1971). "Découverte de documents ichnologiques nouveaux dans les carrières de la Pissoire (Plateau d'Antully–Saône-et-Loire)". Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun. 58: 3–14.
  3. ^ Demathieu (1966). "Rhynchosauroides petri et Spingopus ferox, nouvelles empreintes de Reptiles de grès triasiques de la bordure Nord-Est du Massif Central". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D. 263: 482–486.
  4. ^ Gand, G. (1973). "Les empreintes dinosauroïdes des grès triasiques de la carrière des Brosses-Thillot (Mont Saint-Vincent (Saône-et-Loire))". Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun. 65: 1–8.
  5. ^ Gand, G. (1974). "Les traces de vertébrés triasiques de l'Autunois et du Nord du Charollais". Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun. 69: 7–24.