Alternative combinations: Ornithichnites tetradactylus, Ornithoidichnites tetradactylus
Synonym: Ornithopus gallinaceus Hitchcock 1845
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340
Belongs to Sillimanius according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Gand et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1836, Hitchcock 1836, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1841, Hitchcock 1844, Hitchcock 1845, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Kuhn 1963, Lull 1904, Lull 1915, Lull 1917, Miller 1879, Quenstedt 1882 and Warren 1854
Sister taxa: Sillimanius gracilior, Ornithopus rectus, Ornithopus adamsanus, Ornithopus fabrei
Type specimens:
- Sillimanius tetradactylus: Its type locality is Wethersfield tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/sandstone in the Portland Formation of Connecticut
- Ornithopus gallinaceus:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (6: Connecticut, Massachusetts collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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