Alternative combinations: Ornithichnites divaricatus, Ornithoidichnites divaricatus
Synonyms: Ornithopus loripes Hitchcock 1848, Steropoides loripes Hitchcock 1848, Tridentipes insignis Hitchcock 1858
Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1837. Fossil footsteps in sandstone and graywacke. The American Journal of Sciences and Arts 32:174-176
Belongs to Steropoides according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1837, Hitchcock 1841, Hitchcock 1848, Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Hitchcock 1898, Lull 1904, Lull 1917 and Lyman 1895
Sister taxa: Steropoides diversus, Steropoides infelix, Steropoides ingens, Steropoides uncus
Type specimens:
- Steropoides divaricatus: Its type locality is Dexter Marsh's Quarry, Montague, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts
- Ornithopus loripes: Its type locality is Dexter Marsh's Quarry, Montague, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
- Tridentipes insignis: Its type locality is Dexter Marsh's Quarry, Montague, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (6: Connecticut, Massachusetts collections)
Total: 6 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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