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Ptilichnus typographus

Taxonomy
Ptilichnus typographus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ptilichnus typographus Hitchcock p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
genusPtilichnus
speciestypographus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ptilichnus typographus Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) Ptilichnus typographus (type locality: 52986)