Hyloidichnus is a reptile ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Permian[1] to Triassic[2] in North America,[1] Africa,[2][3] South America,[4] and Europe.[5]

Hyloidichnus
Temporal range: Permian-Triassic
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

The animal that created the tracks was most likely from the subfamily Moradisaurinae, a group of lizard-like reptiles.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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 [Tetrapod footprints in the Val Gardena Sandstones (middle-lower Permian) of southeast Alto Adige]". 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.