# Sphingopus

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Dinosaur footprint

Sphingopus Temporal range: 250–228 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Trace fossil classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Ichnofamily: †Parachirotheriidae Ichnogenus: †Sphingopus Demathieu, 1966 Type ichnospecies †Sphingopus ferox Demathieu, 1966

***Sphingopus*** is an [ichnogenus](/source/Ichnotaxon) of [dinosauromorph](/source/Dinosauromorpha) footprints found in sediments dating to 250 and 228 [Ma](/source/Ma_(unit)).[1][2] The exact [species](/source/Species) which created the *Sphingopus* tracks have not been identified.

## Specimens

*Sphingopus* type footprints are known from two locations. Fossils dating 228–245 million years have been recovered from what appears to have been a lagoon in the [Grès d'Antully Formation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gr%C3%A8s_d%27Antully_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Saône-et-Loire](/source/Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire), [France](/source/France).[2][3][4][5] More recently, older tracks attributed to this form, dating 246–250 million years ago, have been discovered in the [Holy Cross Mountains](/source/Holy_Cross_Mountains) in [Poland](/source/Poland).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-brusatte_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-brusatte_1-1) [Brusatte, S.L.](/source/Stephen_L._Brusatte), [Niedźwiedzki, G.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grzegorz_Nied%C5%BAwiedzki&action=edit&redlink=1), & [Butler, R.J.](/source/Richard_J._Butler) (2010). ["Footprints pull origin and diversification of dinosaur stem lineage deep into Early Triassic"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049033). *[Proceedings of the Royal Society B](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_B)*. **278** (1708): 1107–1113. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rspb.2010.1746](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2010.1746). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3049033](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049033). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [20926435](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20926435).{{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gand71_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gand71_2-1) [Gand, G.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Gand&action=edit&redlink=1) (1971). "Découverte de documents ichnologiques nouveaux dans les carrières de la Pissoire (Plateau d'Antully–Saône-et-Loire)". *[Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulletin_Trimestriel_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_d%27Histoire_Naturelle_et_des_Amis_du_Mus%C3%A9um_d%27Autun&action=edit&redlink=1)*. **58**: 3–14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-demathieu_3-0)** [Demathieu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Demathieu&action=edit&redlink=1) (1966). "Rhynchosauroides petri et *Spingopus ferox*, nouvelles empreintes de Reptiles de grès triasiques de la bordure Nord-Est du Massif Central". *[Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D](/source/Comptes_Rendus_de_l'Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Sciences%2C_S%C3%A9rie_D)*. **263**: 482–486.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gand73_4-0)** [Gand, G.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Gand&action=edit&redlink=1) (1973). "Les empreintes dinosauroïdes des grès triasiques de la carrière des Brosses-Thillot (Mont Saint-Vincent (Saône-et-Loire))". *[Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulletin_Trimestriel_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_d%27Histoire_Naturelle_et_des_Amis_du_Mus%C3%A9um_d%27Autun&action=edit&redlink=1)*. **65**: 1–8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gand74_5-0)** [Gand, G.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Georges_Gand&action=edit&redlink=1) (1974). "Les traces de vertébrés triasiques de l'Autunois et du Nord du Charollais". *[Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle et des Amis du Muséum d'Autun](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulletin_Trimestriel_de_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_d%27Histoire_Naturelle_et_des_Amis_du_Mus%C3%A9um_d%27Autun&action=edit&redlink=1)*. **69**: 7–24.

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