Where: England, United Kingdom (53.3° N, 2.6° W: paleocoordinates 16.1° N, 10.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Helsby Sandstone Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• "Tarporley Siltstone Formation, Lower-Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic" (King et al. 2005)
•"Maidwell (1911) adopted the name Rhynchosauroides for some Lower Triassic footprints from the Helsby Sandstone (formerly Keuper Sandstone)" (Valentini et al. 2007)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by W. Williamson in 1867
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• LU - University of Liverpool Art and Heritage Collections (Geology), UK; MANCH - Manchester Museum, UK
Primary reference: T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197296: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchosauroides rectipes n. gen. n. sp.2
Rhynchosauroides rectipes n. gen. n. sp.2 Beasley 1911 squamates LU 8019 (holotype), footprints preserved as natural casts
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