Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Saurichnium

Gürich 1926

Saurichnium is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. Traces of different species of this genus have been found at Otjihaenamparero in central Namibia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Saurichnium Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇦 Namibia
1
Geological formations
Etjo
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Saurichnium tetractis 201 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
G. Gürich. 1926. Über Saurier-Fährten aus dem Etjo-Sandstein von Südwestafrika [On dinosaur tracks from the Etjo Sandstone of South-West Africa]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 8:112-120 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Wagensommer, M. Latiano, and H. B. Mocke, S. D.'Orazi Porchetti. 2016. Dinosaur diversity in an Early Jurassic African desert: the significance of the Etjo Sandstone ichnofauna at the Otjihaenamaparero locality (Namibia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 281(2):155-182 DOI ↗