Pteraichnus

Pteraichnus
	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
Ichnospecies
	†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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.

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[Xing2025-1] 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.

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