In the sandstone of Hildburghausen in Saxony, and in the second-sandstone of Stourton in Cheshire, are foot-prints of an extinct animal, to which Kauss assigned this name. The prints are large, and strongly resemble the human hand in form. Kauss supposes that they belong to a mammifer, while others with less probability refer them to some reptile. The animal appears to have frequented a muddy shore; for ripple-marks and rain-drops occur on the Cheshire sandstone, along with the foot-prints of the Cheirottherium.