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Trace fossil

Hyloidichnus
Temporal range: Permian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
H. major
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Captorhinidae
Subfamily: †Moradisaurinae
Ichnogenus: †Hyloidichnus
Gilmore 1927
Type ichnospecies
H. bifurcatus
Gilmore 1927
Ichnospecies
  • D. bifurcatus Gilmore 1927; type
  • D. major Heyler and Lessertisseur 1963
  • D. minor Heyler and Lessertisseur 1963
  • D. tirolensis Ceoloni et al. 1988
  • D. triasicus Biron and Dutuit 1981

Hyloidichnus is a reptile ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Permian to Triassic in North America, Africa, South America, and Europe.

The animal that created the tracks was most likely from the subfamily Moradisaurinae, a group of lizard-like reptiles.

References

  1. ^ Lucas, Spencer G.; Lerner, Allan J.; Haubold, Hartmut (2001). "First record of Amphisauropus and Varanopus in the Lower Permian Abo Formation, central New Mexico". Hallesches Jahrb. Geowiss B. 29: 69–78. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.503.8731.
  2. ^ Hminna, Abdelkbir; Voigt, Sebastian; Saber, Hafid; Schneider, Jörg W.; Hmich, Driss (June 2012). "On a moderately diverse continental ichnofauna from the Permian Ikakern Formation (Argana Basin, Western High Atlas, Morocco)". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 68: 15–23. Bibcode:2012JAfES..68...15H. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2012.03.011.
  3. Smith, Roger M.H.; Sidor, Christian A.; Tabor, Neil J.; Steyer, J. Sébastien (December 2015). "Sedimentology and vertebrate taphonomy of the Moradi Formation of northern Niger: A Permian wet desert in the tropics of Pangaea". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 440: 128–141. Bibcode:2015PPP...440..128S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.08.032.
  4. Melchor, Ricardo Néstor; Swithin Sarjeant, William Antony (January 2004). "Small Amphibian and Reptile Footprints from the Permian Carapacha Basin, Argentina". Ichnos. 11 (1–2): 57–78. Bibcode:2004Ichno..11...57M. doi:10.1080/10420940490428814. hdl:11336/81750. S2CID 140142759.
  5. Leonardi, P. (1951). "Orme di tetrapodi nelle Arenarie de Val Gardena (Permiano Medio-inferiore) dell'Alto Adige sud-orientale ". Memorie degli Istituti di Geologia e Mineralogia dell'Università di Padova. 17: 1–23.
  6. Voigt, Sebastian; Hminna, Abdelkbir; Saber, Hafid; Schneider, Jörg W.; Klein, Hendrik (July 2010). "Tetrapod footprints from the uppermost level of the Permian Ikakern Formation (Argana Basin, Western High Atlas, Morocco)". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 57 (5): 470–478. Bibcode:2010JAfES..57..470V. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2009.12.003.
Taxon identifiers
Hyloidichnus


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