Dimetropus

Dimetropus is a reptile ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Permian^[1] to Triassic^[2] in Europe^[2][3] and North America.^[1] Analysis of trackways of Dimetropus provides evidence that the tracks were left by diadectids or non-therapsid synapsids ("pelycosaurs").^[4]

Orléans - MOBE 12

• Paleontology portal

Dimetropus Temporal range: Permian-Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dimetropus
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Ichnogenus:	†Dimetropus Romber and Price 1940
Ichnospecies
D. leisnerianus Geinitz 1863 D. latus Heyler and Montenat 1980

References

1. Lucas, Spencer G.; Lerner, Allan J.; Haubold, Hartmut (2001). "First record of Amphisauropus and Varanopus in the Lower Permian Abo Formation, central New Mexico". Hallesches Jahrb. Geowiss B. 29: 69–78. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.503.8731.
2. Ptaszyński, T.; Niedźwiedzki, G. (2004). "Late Permian vertebrate tracks from the Tumlin Sandstone, Holy Cross Mountains, Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 49 (2): 289–320. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
3. Voigt, Sebastian; Berman, David S; Henrici, Amy C. (12 September 2007). "First well-established track-trackmaker association of paleozoic tetrapods based on Ichniotherium trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (3): 553–570. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[553:FWTAOP]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131256847.
4. Romano, Marco; Citton, Paolo; Nicosia, Umberto (January 2016). "Corroborating trackmaker identification through footprint functional analysis: the case study of Ichniotherium and Dimetropus". Lethaia. 49 (1): 102–116. Bibcode:2016Letha..49..102R. doi:10.1111/let.12136.