# Ichniotherium

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'''''Ichniotherium''''' (meaning "marking creature") is an [ichnogenus](/source/ichnogenus) of [tetrapod](/source/tetrapod) [footprint](/source/Fossil_footprint)s from between the Late [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous) period to the Early [Permian](/source/Permian) period attributed to [diadectomorph](/source/diadectomorpha) track-makers.<ref name = "Buchwitz">Buchwitz M & Voigt S. (2018) [https://peerj.com/articles/4346/ On the morphological variability of Ichniotherium tracks and evolution of locomotion in the sistergroup of amniotes]. PeerJ 6:e4346 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4346</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Geopark Karnische Alpen: Research_more|url=http://www.geopark-karnische-alpen.at/Research_more.2377.0.html?&L=2|website=www.geopark-karnische-alpen.at|access-date=23 February 2018|language=de}}</ref> These footprints are commonly found in [Europe](/source/Europe), and have also been identified in [North America](/source/North_America) and [Morocco](/source/Morocco).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lucas|first1=Spencer G.|last2=Zeigler|first2=Kate E.|last3=Spielmann|first3=Justin A.|title=The Permian of Central New Mexico: Bulletin 31|date=2005|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R8vvCQAAQBAJ&q=Ichniotherium%20cottae&pg=PA56|language=en}}</ref><ref name = "Buchwitz" /> Three ichnospecies of ''Ichniotherium'' have been proposed as valid: ''I. cotta'', ''I. sphaerodactylum'', and ''I. praesidentis.''<ref name = "Buchwitz" />

In a 2007 study, the diadectid [species](/source/species) ''[Diadectes](/source/Diadectes) absitus'' was determined to be the track-maker associated with ''I. cotta'' tracks, and the related diadectid species ''[Orobates](/source/Orobates) pabsti'' was linked to ''I. praesidentis'' based on analysis of Lower [Permian](/source/Permian) trackways and fossils skeletons in [Germany](/source/Germany)<ref name="Voigt et al">{{cite journal|last1=Voigt|first1=Sebastian|last2=Berman|first2=David S|last3=Henrici|first3=Amy C.|title=First well-established track-trackmaker association of paleozoic tetrapods based on trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|date=12 September 2007|volume=27|issue=3|pages=553–570|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[553:fwtaop]2.0.co;2|s2cid=131256847 }}</ref><ref>Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. (2007, September 18). "Who Went There? Matching Fossil Tracks With Their Makers". ''ScienceDaily''. Retrieved February 21, 2018 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070915092239.htm</ref>

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