Pteraichnus
Pteraichnus
P. wuerhoensis trackway (holotype is 45MR and 58PR, paratype is 7PR and 29PR)
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:
† Pteraichnus Stokes , 1957
Type ichnospecies
† Pteraichnus saltwashensis
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.
References
1 2 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 .