Where: Bristol County, Massachusetts (41.9° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 11.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 Ma)
• footprint specimens are from immediately below the Dighton conglomerate, and are "very high Alleghanian if not higher, but below the coarse conglomerates which cap the Rhode Island Coal Measures in all the synclinal axes of the Narragansett area. The beds are higher than those which at Plainville near Wrentham carry very small footprints..." quoted from J. B. Woodworth in Lull 1920.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, micaceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the MCZ
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. S. Lull. 1920. An upper Carboniferous footprint from Attleboro, Massachusetts. American Journal of Science s4-50:234-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34780: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 24.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
? Dromopus woodworthi n. sp.
? Dromopus woodworthi n. sp. Lull 1920 reptile footprints, tridactyl, plantigrade manus and pes similar to Dromopus agilis Marsh of the KS Coal Measures
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