Pteraichnus | |
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P. wuerhoensis trackway (holotype is 45MR and 58PR, paratype is 7PR and 29PR) | |
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
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Ichnospecies | |
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Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. It has been found in, among other units, the Lower Jurassic Aztec Sandstone, the Shengjinkou Formation and Lake Ezequiel Ramos Mexia in the Candeleros Formation.[1]