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Trace fossil classification 
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| Ichnogenus: | †Dimetropus Romber and Price 1940 |
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Dimetropus is a synapsid ichnogenus commonly found in assemblages of ichnofossils dating to the Permian1 to Triassic2 in Europe23 and North America.1 Analysis of trackways of Dimetropus provides evidence that the tracks were left by diadectids or non-therapsid synapsids ("pelycosaurs").4
References
References
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