Steropoides uncus Hitchcock 1858 (reptile)

Reptilia

Alternative combination: Tridentipes uncus

Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts xii-214

Belongs to Steropoides according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Lull 1904, Lull 1917, Lyman 1894 and Lyman 1895

Sister taxa: Steropoides divaricatus, Steropoides diversus, Steropoides infelix, Steropoides ingens

Type specimen: AC 6/1, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (3: Massachusetts collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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