Alternative combination: Harpedactylus rectus
Belongs to Platypterna according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Lull 1904, Lull 1917 and Lyman 1894
Sister taxa: Platypterna concamerata, Platypterna deanii, Platypterna delicatula, Platypterna digitigrada, Platypterna gracillima, Platypterna lockatong, Platypterna tenuis, Harpedactylus tenuissimus, Harpedactylus crassus, Harpedactylus gracilior
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ferry above Turners Falls, tracksite, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Massachusetts collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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