Batrachichnus

Batrachichnus; Temporal range: Mississippian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Ichnogenus:	†Batrachichnus; Woodworth 1900
Type ichnospecies
	†B. plainvillensis; Woodworth 1900
Ichnospecies
	B. celer (Matthew 1903); B. jacksonensis (Butts 1891); B. plainvillensis (Woodworth 1900; type); B. obscurus (Gilmore 1927); B. salamandroides (Geinitz 1861);

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Amphibia

Ichnogenus:†Batrachichnus
Woodworth 1900

Batrachichnus is an amphibian ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Mississippian^[1] to Triassic^[2] of North America,^[3] South America,^[4] and Europe.^[2] The animal producing the tracks was likely a temnospondyl. B. slamandroides is the smallest known tetrapod footprint, produced by an animal with an estimated body length of just 8 millimeters (0.31 in)^[5]

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