Also known as Barton Cove, Lull 4, Turners Falls
Where: Franklin County, Massachusetts (42.6° N, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 19.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turners Falls Formation (Meriden Group), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray, red siltstone and micaceous, red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by R. Field in 1830s-1858, 1906
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 52986: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2005, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Arachnichnus dehiscens n. sp.6, Saltator caudatus n. sp.6, Lunula obscura8, Halysichnus laqueatus8, Sphaerapus larvalis8, Saltator bipedatus8, Coniferophyta indet.8
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Protozoa | |
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Bisulcus undulatus | |
Bisulcus undulatus8 Hitchcock 1862 | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet.8 Lamarck 1809 | |
Insecta | |
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Hexapoda | |
Grammepus erismatus8 Hitchcock 1858 | |
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
"Tridentipes uncus n. sp." = Steropoides uncus6, "Tridentipes uncus" = Steropoides uncus8, "Tridentipes elegantior" = Steropoides infelix8, "Tridentipes sp." = Steropoides8, "Tridentipes elegans" = Steropoides diversus8
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Tarsodactylus caudatus n. gen. n. sp.6, "Anisopus ? deweyanus" = Batrachopus deweyi8, "Macropterna vulgaris" = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Macropterna ? vulgaris" = Batrachopus deweyi8, "Chelonoides incedens n. gen. n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Exocampe ornata" = Batrachopus deweyi8, "Orthodactylus introvergens n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Antipus flexiloquus n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Exocampe arcta" = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Macropterna gracilipes n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Orthodactylus floriferus n. gen. n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6, "Macropterna divaricans" = Palamopus divaricans6, "? Arachichnus sp." = Batrachopus8, Batrachopus dispar n. sp.10, "Exocampe sp." = Batrachopus8, "? Macropterna sp." = Batrachopus8, "Macropterna sp." = Batrachopus8, "Apatichnus ? bellus" = Batrachopus bellus8, "Comptichnus obesus n. gen. n. sp." = Batrachopus bellus8, "Anisopus gracilis" = Batrachopus gracilis8, "Anisopus gracilior n. sp." = Batrachopus gracilis7, "Shepardia palmipes" = Batrachopus gracilis8, "? Anisopus sp." = Batrachopus8
"Antipus flexiloquus n. sp." = Batrachopus deweyi6 Hitchcock 1843 aetosaur Single specimen (AC 41/52 - holotype) containing 11 footprints
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"Apatichnus holyokensis n. sp." = Anomoepus scambus9, "Plesiornis quadrupes" = Anomoepus scambus6, "Anomoepus gracillimus" = Anomoepus scambus11, "Anomoepus curvatus n. sp." = Anomoepus scambus7, "Anomoepus cuneatus" = Anomoepus scambus9, "Anomoepus minimus" = Anomoepus scambus8, "Anomoepus minor" = Anomoepus scambus8, "Apatichnus circumagens" = Anomoepus scambus6, Anomoepus major8, "Corvipes lacertoideus n. gen. n. sp." = Anomoepus lacertoideus6
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Plectropterna sp.8, Plectropterna lineans8, Plectropterna gracilis8, Plectropterna angusta8, Plectropterna minitans8
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"Grallator ? formosus" = Grallator tenuis11, "Grallator cuneatus n. sp." = Grallator tenuis8, "Anchisauripus hitchcocki n. sp." = Grallator tenuis10, "Grallator cursorius" = Grallator cursorius6, "Grallator parallelus" = Grallator cursorius8, "Plesiornis mirabilis n. sp." = Grallator tuberosus11, "Brontozoum validum" = Grallator tuberosus8, "Otouphepus magnificus n. gen. n. sp." = Grallator tuberosus1, "Brontozoum exsertum" = Grallator tuberosus8, "Gigadipus caudatus n. gen. n. sp." = Gigandipus caudatus5, "Brontozoum minusculum n. sp." = Eubrontes minusculus6, "Brontozoum tuberatum n. sp." = Eubrontes minusculus6, "Hyphepus fieldi n. gen. n. sp." = Eubrontes fieldi6, "Brontozoum sillimanium" = Eubrontes sillimani8, "Otouphepus minor n. sp." = Eubrontes sillimani11, "Ornithoidichnites lyellii n. sp." = Eubrontes lyellii3, "Brontozoum giganteum n. sp." = Eubrontes giganteus6, "Brontozoum approximatum" = Eubrontes giganteus8, "Brontozoum divaricatum" = Eubrontes giganteus8
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"Sauroidichnites barrattii n. sp." = Sauropus barrattii11
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Selenichnus breviusculus8, Selenichnus falcatus n. sp.8, "Gigantitherium minus n. sp." = Kayentapus minor6, "Leptonyx lateralis n. sp." = Kayentapus minor8
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Anticheiropus hamatus n. sp.8, Plesiornis pilulatus n. gen. n. sp.6, Argoides ? redfieldianum8, "Argozoum disparidigitatum" = Argoides macrodactylus6, "Ornithichnites minimus n. sp." = Argoides minimus, "Argozoum paridigitatum" = Argoides minimus6, Trihamus elegans n. sp.8, Harpedactylus crassus n. sp.8, "Platypterna varica" = Platypterna concamerata8, Platypterna digitigrada8, "Harpedactylus rectus" = Platypterna recta4, Platypterna gracillima n. sp.8
"Ornithichnites minimus n. sp." = Argoides minimus Hitchcock 1836 saurischian | |
Osteichthyes | |
Ptilichnus anomalus n. gen. n. sp.6, Ptilichnus typographus n. sp.6, Ptilichnus pectinatus n. sp.6, Ptilichnus hydrodromus n. sp.6
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Grammichnus alpha | |
Grammichnus alpha8 Hitchcock 1862 | |
"Cunicularis retrahens" = Cunicularius8 | |
Hexapodichnus magnus8, Hexapodichnus horreus8, Cochlichnus sp.8, Cochlichnus anguineus8, Acanthichnus trilinearis8, Acanthichnus alternans n. sp.8, Acanthichnus saltatorius8, Acanthichnus cursorius8, Acanthichnus sp.8, Acanthichnus aguineus n. sp.8, Sagittarius alternans8, Harpepus capillaris8, Bifurculipes sp.8, Bifurculipes curvatus8, Bifurculipes elachistotatus8, Bifurculipes laqueatus8, Pterichnus centipes8, Conopsoides curtus n. sp.8, Conopsoides larvalis8, Copeza propinquata8, Copeza sp.8, Copeza cruscularis8, Copeza archimedea8, Copeza punctata8, Copeza triremus8
Cochlichnus anguineus8 Hitchcock 1858
Acanthichnus alternans n. sp.8
Acanthichnus sp.8 Hitchcock 1858
Acanthichnus aguineus n. sp.8
Bifurculipes sp.8 Hitchcock 1858
Conopsoides curtus n. sp.8
Copeza sp.8 Hitchcock 1858 | |
Ichnolites | |
Ornithoidichnites isodactyletus n. sp.2
Ornithoidichnites isodactyletus n. sp.2 | |
Ampelichnus sulcatus | |
Ampelichnus sulcatus8 Hitchcock 1862 |