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Ptilichnus hydrodromus

Taxonomy
Ptilichnus hydrodromus was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lily Pond Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/sandstone in the Turners Falls Formation of Massachusetts.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ptilichnus hydrodromus Hitchcock p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
RankNameAuthor
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
genusPtilichnus
specieshydrodromus

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.

Ptilichnus hydrodromus Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available