Alternative combination: Sauroidichnites abnormis
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1844. Report on ichnolithology, or fossil footmarks, with a description of several new species, and the coprolites of birds, from the valley of Connecticut River, and of a supposed footmark from the valley of Hudson River. The American Journal of Science and Arts 47(2):292-322
Belongs to Typopus according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1844, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Lull 1904, Lyman 1894 and McCrea et al. 2015
Sister taxon: Typopus gracilis
Type specimen: AC 19/1-2, a footprint. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Massachusetts collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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