Full reference: E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts xii-214
Belongs to Helcura according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Lull 1904 and Lyman 1894
Sister taxa: Helcura anguinea, Helcura littoralis, Helcura surgens
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
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Massachusetts collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.