Ichnospecies: tetradactylus (E. HITCHCOCK, 1836) E. HITCHCOCK, 1845
Etymology:
= Ornithichnites tetradactylus E. HITCHCOCK, 1836
= Ornithoidichnites tetradactylus (E.
HITCHCOCK, 1836) E. HITCHCOCK, 1841
Holotype: Amherst collection 32/41
Locality: Wethersfield, Harford Basin, 41°43’22”, 72°39’16”, Hartford County, Conneticut.
Horizon: Portland Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Triassic.
Material: 4 toed prints of a bipedal animal.
Referred material:
Localities: Turners Falls, Horse Race, and near Cabotville, Mass, and Wethersfield Cove and Wethersfiled, Connecticut
HITCHCOCK, 1856Locality: Turner’s Fall, of Gill, Massachusetts.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Triassic.
Material: Footprints.
= Ornithopus gallinaceus E. HITCHCOCK, 1848
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Ichnospecies: gracilior (E. HITCHCOCK,
1841) E. HITCHCOCK, 1845
Etymology:
= Ornithoidichnites gracilior E. HITCHCOCK, 1841
= Ornithopus gracilior (E. HITCHCOCK, 1841) E. HITCHCOCK, 1848
Holotype: Amherst collection 31/75
Locality: Wethersfield, Harford Basin, 41°43’22”, 72°39’16”, Hartford County, Conneticut.
Horizon: Portland Formation, Red Shale.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Triassic.
Material: 4 toed prints of a bipedal animal.
Referred material:
Localities: Turners Falls, North bank of below Turners Falls, Mass: Wethersfield Cove, Wethrsfield, Conn.