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The uppermost bed is usually fine-grained and bears the footprints of _Cheirotherium_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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_Cheirotherium_, direct evidence of amphibians is found in such forms as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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_Cheirotherium_ was proposed for the unknown extinct animal which had produced these marks.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Various 1836
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The hind-feet are not so much larger than the fore; and the two on each side, instead of coming nearly into one row, as in the European Cheirotherium, stand widely apart.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Various 1836
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In the coal-field of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, there were discovered in 1844, slabs marked with footprints bearing a considerable resemblance to those of the Cheirotherium, and believed to have been impressed by an animal of the same family, though with some important points of distinction.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 Various 1836
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