Species
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Pteraichnus saltwashensis

Stokes 1957

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pteraichnidae Family
Pteraichnus Genus
Pteraichnus saltwashensis Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Hutubihe
4
Temporal distribution
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
2
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
2
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
W. L. Stokes. 1957. Pterodactyl tracks from the Morrison Formation. Journal of Paleontology 31:952-954
Bibliography (3)
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and C. Jia, H. Klein, K. Niu, L. Zhang, C. Chou, A. Romilio, D. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. S. Persons, M. Wang. 2021. Lower Cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology. PeerJ 9:e11476:1-73 DOI ↗
D. M. Unwin. 1997. Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs. Lethaia 29:373-386 DOI ↗
W. L. Stokes. 1957. Pterodactyl tracks from the Morrison Formation. Journal of Paleontology 31:952-954