PBDB Collection

The Cove, Wethersfield (Jurassic to of the United States)

Also known as Lull 33

Where: Middlesex County, Connecticut (41.7° N, 72.7° W: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 18.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portland Formation (Agawam Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown, red shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by H. Hammer, E. Hitchcock in the 1835-1870s

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• originally discovered by Mr. Henry Hanmer, a junior at Amherst College. Visited by Perry in the 1930s.

Primary reference: E. Hitchcock. 1837. Ornithichnites in Connecticut. The American Journal of Science and Arts 31:174-175 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53000: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bisulcus
-	Bisulcus sp.⁵ Bisulcus sp.⁵ Hitchcock 1862
Reptilia
Testudinata -	"Sauroidichnites heteroclitus n. sp." = Ancyropus heteroclitus¹, "Sauroidichnites jacksoni n. sp." = Ancyropus heteroclitus¹ "Sauroidichnites heteroclitus n. sp." = Ancyropus heteroclitus¹ Hitchcock 1841 turtle "Sauroidichnites jacksoni n. sp." = Ancyropus heteroclitus¹ Hitchcock 1841 turtle
-	"Ornithoidichnites elegans" = Steropoides diversus¹ "Ornithoidichnites elegans" = Steropoides diversus¹ Hitchcock 1836 reptile
Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae	"Exocampe ? ornata" = Batrachopus deweyi⁴, "Comptichnus sp." = Batrachopus⁵ "Exocampe ? ornata" = Batrachopus deweyi⁴ Hitchcock 1843 aetosaur "Comptichnus sp." = Batrachopus⁵ Hitchcock 1845 aetosaur n. sp.
Ornithischia - Moyenisauropodidae	"Anomoepus intermedius" = Anomoepus scambus⁷, "Anomoepus curvatus" = Anomoepus scambus⁵, "Corvipes lacertoideus" = Anomoepus lacertoideus⁵ "Anomoepus intermedius" = Anomoepus scambus⁷ Hitchcock 1848 ornithopod "Anomoepus curvatus" = Anomoepus scambus⁵ Hitchcock 1848 ornithopod "Corvipes lacertoideus" = Anomoepus lacertoideus⁵ Hitchcock 1858 ornithopod
-	Plectropterna gracilis⁵, "Plectropterna minitans" = Plectropterna minitans⁴, "Sauroidichnites minitans" = Plectropterna minitans¹, Plectropterna lineans³, Plectropterna elegans⁵ Plectropterna gracilis⁵ Hitchcock 1858 dinosaur "Plectropterna minitans" = Plectropterna minitans⁴ Hitchcock 1837 dinosaur "Sauroidichnites minitans" = Plectropterna minitans¹ Hitchcock 1837 dinosaur Plectropterna lineans³ Hitchcock 1858 dinosaur Plectropterna elegans⁵ Hitchcock 1889 dinosaur
Theropoda - Grallatoridae	"Ornithoidichnites giganteus" = Eubrontes giganteus¹, "Brontozoum divaricatum" = Eubrontes giganteus⁵, "Brontozoum sillimanium" = Eubrontes sillimani⁵, "Ornithoidichnites cuneatus" = Eubrontes sillimani¹, "Ornithoidichnites expansus" = Eubrontes expansus¹, "Plesiornis giganteus n. sp." = Eubrontes minusculus⁵, "Ornithoidichnites tuberosus" = Grallator tuberosus, Grallator tenuis⁵ "Ornithoidichnites giganteus" = Eubrontes giganteus¹ Hitchcock 1836 theropod "Brontozoum divaricatum" = Eubrontes giganteus⁵ Hitchcock 1836 theropod "Brontozoum sillimanium" = Eubrontes sillimani⁵ Hitchcock 1843 theropod "Ornithoidichnites cuneatus" = Eubrontes sillimani¹ Hitchcock 1843 theropod "Ornithoidichnites expansus" = Eubrontes expansus¹ Hitchcock 1841 theropod "Plesiornis giganteus n. sp." = Eubrontes minusculus⁵ Hitchcock 1837 theropod "Ornithoidichnites tuberosus" = Grallator tuberosus Hitchcock 1836 theropod Grallator tenuis⁵ Hitchcock 1858 theropod
Theropoda -	"Sauroidichnites longipes n. sp." = Plectropus longipes¹ "Sauroidichnites longipes n. sp." = Plectropus longipes¹ Hitchcock 1841 theropod
Saurischia -	"Argozoum disparidigitatum" = Argoides macrodactylus², "Ornithoidichnites minimus" = Argoides minimus, "Plesiornis aequalipes" = Argoides minimus⁴, Plesiornis sp.⁵, "Harpedactylus sp." = Platypterna⁵, "Ornithoidichnites tenuis n. sp." = Platypterna tenuis², "Ornithoidichnites deanii n. sp." = Platypterna deanii², "Ornithoidichnites delicatulus n. sp." = Platypterna delicatula¹, Trihamus magnus⁵, Trihamus elegans⁵ "Argozoum disparidigitatum" = Argoides macrodactylus² Hitchcock 1841 saurischian "Ornithoidichnites minimus" = Argoides minimus Hitchcock 1836 saurischian "Plesiornis aequalipes" = Argoides minimus⁴ Hitchcock 1836 saurischian Plesiornis sp.⁵ Hitchcock 1858 saurischian n. sp. "Harpedactylus sp." = Platypterna⁵ Hitchcock 1845 saurischian n. sp. "Ornithoidichnites tenuis n. sp." = Platypterna tenuis² Hitchcock 1837 saurischian "Ornithoidichnites deanii n. sp." = Platypterna deanii² Hitchcock 1837 saurischian "Ornithoidichnites delicatulus n. sp." = Platypterna delicatula¹ Hitchcock 1841 saurischian Trihamus magnus⁵ Hitchcock 1889 saurischian Trihamus elegans⁵ Hitchcock 1862 saurischian
-	"Ornithoidichnites gracilior n. sp." = Sillimanius gracilior¹, "Ornithoidichnites tetradactylus" = Sillimanius tetradactylus, "Ornithopus gallinaceus" = Sillimanius tetradactylus² "Ornithoidichnites gracilior n. sp." = Sillimanius gracilior¹ Hitchcock 1841 reptile "Ornithoidichnites tetradactylus" = Sillimanius tetradactylus Hitchcock 1836 reptile "Ornithopus gallinaceus" = Sillimanius tetradactylus² Hitchcock 1836 reptile
Osteichthyes
Tetrapoda -	Typopus gracilis n. sp.³ Typopus gracilis n. sp.³ Hitchcock 1858 tetrapod
Amphibia
Labyrinthodontia -	"Triaenopus emmonsianus" = Triaenopus emmonsii⁶, "Triaenopus baileyanus" = Triaenopus emmonsii⁴ "Triaenopus emmonsianus" = Triaenopus emmonsii⁶ Hitchcock 1841 tetrapod later renamed T. leptodactylus "Triaenopus baileyanus" = Triaenopus emmonsii⁴ Hitchcock 1841 tetrapod later renamed T. leptodactylus
Protozoa
Nassellaria - Lophophaenidae	"Trisulcus sp." = Botryopera⁵ "Trisulcus sp." = Botryopera⁵ Haeckel 1887 radiolarian

Vermes -	"Unisulcus minutus" = Herpystezoum⁵ "Unisulcus minutus" = Herpystezoum⁵
Ichnofossils -	Conopsoides larvalis⁴, Acanthichnus cursorius⁵, Cochlichnus spp.⁵ Conopsoides larvalis⁴ Acanthichnus cursorius⁵ Cochlichnus spp.⁵ Hitchcock 1858 two species, unnamed

¹Hitchcock 1841; ²Hitchcock 1848; ³Hitchcock 1858; ⁴Hitchcock 1865; ⁵Hitchcock 1889; ⁶Lull 1904; ⁷Lull 1953