Pteraichnus

Pteraichnus
P. wuerhoensis trackway (holotype is 45MR and 58PR, paratype is 7PR and 29PR)
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	† Pterosauria
Suborder:	† Pterodactyloidea
Ichnofamily:	† Pteraichnidae
Ichnogenus:	† Pteraichnus Stokes, 1957
Type ichnospecies
†Pteraichnus saltwashensis Stokes, 1957
Ichnospecies [1]
†Pteraichnus saltwashensis Stokes, 1957 †Pteraichnus stokesi Lockley et al., 1995 †Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi Pascual-Arribas and Sanz-Pérez, 2000 †Pteraichnus parvus Fuentes Vidarte et al., 2004 †Pteraichnus longipodus Fuentes Vidarte et al., 2004 †Pteraichnus koreanensis Lee et al., 2008 †Pteraichnus nipponensis Lee et al., 2010 †Pteraichnus gracilis Ha et al., 2022

Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. As of 2025, eight valid ichnospecies have been described from various units. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Timeline of pterosaur research
• Ichnology
• Pterosaur ichnogenera

References

1. Xing, Lida; Díaz-Martínez, Ignacio; Lallensack, Jens N.; Kim, Kyung Soo; Buckley, Lisa G.; Romilio, Anthony; Piñuela, Laura; Wang, Donghao; Chen, Qiyan; Yang, Qing; Chou, Chunyong; Yin, Hang; Jin, Yufei (2025). "Cretaceous vertebrate tracks". Vertebrate Ichnology: 479–747. doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-13837-9.00002-0.
2. Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. (2008). "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN   1612-4138.