Selenichnus falcatus Hitchcock 1858 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Belongs to Selenichnus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Deane 1861, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1963, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Lull 1953, Lyman 1894 and Lyman 1895

Sister taxon: Selenichnus breviusculus

Type specimen: AC 42/6-7, 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: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lily Pond Quarry, Gill

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