Estudio de las huellas de reptil, del icnogenero Brachychiroterium, encontradas en el Trias Subbetico de Cambil

Abstract

In this work, the first tracks of vertebrate found in the Subbetic Zone are described and studied. The detrital materials in which these tracks are printed belong to the Triassic outcroping at ESE of Cambil (Jaén). It is the trackway of a quadruped, formed by several pentadactyl footprints corresponding to the pes and manus impressions of a reptile. After the study of their ichnologic characteristics, it is thought that the tracks belong to the Brachychiroterium ichnogenera, possibly Brachychiroterium cf. gallicum. This footprints are on coastal materials or near to a river. In the sandtones which these tracks are printed, there are skin marks and ledges. The sediment had much water and it was plastic. At the end of the work it is discussed the possible pertainence of these materials to middle Triassic.