Pteraichnus

Pteraichnus
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Ichnofamily:	†Pteraichnidae
Ichnogenus:	†Pteraichnus; Stokes, 1957
Type ichnospecies
	†Pteraichnus saltwashensis; Stokes, 1957
Ichnospecies
	†Pteraichnus saltwashensis Stokes, 1957; †Pteraichnus stokesi Lockley, Logue, Moratalla, Hunt, Schultz, & Robinson, 1995; †Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi Arribas & Perez, 2000; †Pteraichnus cidacoi Vidart, 2001; †Pteraichnus vetsustior Fuentes, 2001; †Pteraichnus manueli Calvo, 2001;

Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. It has been found in, among other units, the Lower Jurassic Aztec Sandstone and Lake Ezequiel Ramos Mexia in the Candeleros Formation.^[1]

References

^ Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612-4138.

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