Dimetropus

Dimetropus; Temporal range: Permian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Dimetropus
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	† Dimetropus ; Romber and Price 1940
Ichnospecies
	D. leisnerianusGeinitz 1863; D. latusHeyler and Montenat 1980;

Last updated May 25, 2025

Dimetropus is a synapsid ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Permian ^[1] to Triassic ^[2] in Europe^[2]^[3] and North America.^[1] Analysis of trackways of Dimetropus provides evidence that the tracks were left by diadectids or non-therapsid synapsids ("pelycosaurs").^[4]

References

1 2 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 .
1 2 Ptaszyński, T.; Niedźwiedzki, G. (2004). "Late Permian vertebrate tracks from the Tumlin Sandstone, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (2): 289–320. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
↑ Voigt, Sebastian; Berman, David S; Henrici, Amy C. (12 September 2007). "First well-established track-trackmaker association of paleozoic tetrapods based on Ichniotherium trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (3): 553–570. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[553:FWTAOP]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131256847.
↑ Romano, Marco; Citton, Paolo; Nicosia, Umberto (January 2016). "Corroborating trackmaker identification through footprint functional analysis: the case study of Ichniotherium and Dimetropus". Lethaia. 49 (1): 102–116. Bibcode:2016Letha..49..102R. doi:10.1111/let.12136.

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[LucasEtal2001-1] 1 2 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 .

[PtaszynskiEtal2004-2] 1 2 Ptaszyński, T.; Niedźwiedzki, G. (2004). "Late Permian vertebrate tracks from the Tumlin Sandstone, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (2): 289–320. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[VoigtEtal2007-3] Voigt, Sebastian; Berman, David S; Henrici, Amy C. (12 September 2007). "First well-established track-trackmaker association of paleozoic tetrapods based on Ichniotherium trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (3): 553–570. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[553:FWTAOP]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131256847.

[4] Romano, Marco; Citton, Paolo; Nicosia, Umberto (January 2016). "Corroborating trackmaker identification through footprint functional analysis: the case study of Ichniotherium and Dimetropus". Lethaia. 49 (1): 102–116. Bibcode:2016Letha..49..102R. doi:10.1111/let.12136.

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