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Steropoides ingens
Taxonomy
Ornithichnites ingens was named by Hitchcock (1836). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.
It was recombined as Ornithoidichnites ingens by Hitchcock (1841); it was recombined as Steropezoum ingens by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Tridentipes ingens by Hitchcock (1858), Hitchcock (1871), Miller (1879), Quenstedt (1882), Hitchcock (1889), Zittel (1890), Lyman (1894), Lyman (1895) and Hitchcock (1898); it was recombined as Steropoides ingens by Hitchcock (1845), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1915), Lull (1917), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1963) and Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Ornithoidichnites ingens by Hitchcock (1841); it was recombined as Steropezoum ingens by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Tridentipes ingens by Hitchcock (1858), Hitchcock (1871), Miller (1879), Quenstedt (1882), Hitchcock (1889), Zittel (1890), Lyman (1894), Lyman (1895) and Hitchcock (1898); it was recombined as Steropoides ingens by Hitchcock (1845), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1915), Lull (1917), Hay (1930), Kuhn (1963) and Haubold (1971).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1836 | Ornithichnites ingens Buckland p. 41 |
1836 | Ornithichnites ingens Hitchcock p. 319 fig. 3 |
1837 | Ornithichnites ingens Hitchcock p. 175 |
1841 | Ornithoidichnites ingens Hitchcock p. 490 |
1844 | Ornithoidichnites danae Hitchcock pp. 306-307 fig. 5 |
1845 | Sillimanius adamsanus Hitchcock p. 24 |
1845 | Steropoides ingens Hitchcock p. 24 |
1846 | Ornithichnites ingens Girard p. 15 |
1848 | Steropezoum ingens Hitchcock p. 182 |
1858 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. 89 |
1871 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. xxi |
1879 | Tridentipes ingens Miller p. 147 |
1882 | Tridentipes ingens Quenstedt p. 132 |
1889 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. 118 |
1890 | Tridentipes ingens Zittel p. 768 |
1894 | Tridentipes ingens Lyman p. 205 |
1895 | Tridentipes ingens Lyman figs. Pl. 610 |
1898 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. 401 |
1902 | Steropoides ingens Hay p. 552 |
1904 | Steropoides ingens Lull p. 524 |
1915 | Steropoides ingens Lull pp. 239-240 |
1917 | Steropoides ingens Lull p. 121 |
1930 | Steropoides ingens Hay p. 21 |
1963 | Steropoides ingens Kuhn p. 97 |
1971 | Steropoides ingens Haubold p. 99 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Steropoides ingens Hitchcock 1836
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Invalid names: Ornithoidichnites danae Hitchcock 1844 [synonym], Sillimanius adamsanus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available