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 Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hitchcock 1858, Hitchcock 1871, Hitchcock 1889, Lull 1904, Lull 1917 and Lyman 1894
Sister taxa: Helcura anguinea, Helcura caudata, Helcura littoralis
Type specimen: AC 19/8, a footprint. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Massachusetts collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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