Howland's Farm tracksite, Gill: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Massachusetts
collected 1862
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Toxichnus inaequalis n. gen., n. sp.
Hitchcock 1865
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Moyenisauropodidae
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Anomoepus minor
Hitchcock 1858
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Anomoepus minimus
Hitchcock 1862
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| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Anomoepus intermedius
Hitchcock 1862
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| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Anomoepus cuneatus
Hitchcock 1889
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Hitchcock 1889 | 1 specimen | |||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Anomoepus gracillimus
(Hitchcock 1844)
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| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Plesiornis quadrupes
Hitchcock 1858
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Anomoepus scambus | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Brontozoum sillimanium
(Hitchcock 1843)
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| recombined as Eubrontes sillimani | |||||||
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Brontozoum validum
Hitchcock 1858
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| synonym of Grallator tuberosus | |||||||
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Grallator cuneatus
Hitchcock 1858
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| synonym of Grallator tenuis | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Sauropodidae
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Chimaera barrattii
(Hitchcock 1837)
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| recombined as Sauropus barrattii | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Massachusetts | County: | Franklin |
| Coordinates: | 42.6° North, 72.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 24.3° North, 18.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Hettangian - Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1862 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Howlands Farm | ||
| Database number: | 91669 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-13 08:30:08 | Last modified: | 2018-03-23 16:34:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-13 08:30:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30862. | ETE | C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. In C. H. Hitchcock (ed.), Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863 43-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 30910 | ETE | C. H. Hitchcock. 1889. Recent progress in ichnology. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24(8):117-127 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 18113 | ETE | P. E. Olsen and E. C. Rainforth. 2003. The Early Jurassic ornithischian dinosaurian ichnogenus Anomoepus. In P. M. LeTourneau & P. E. Olsen (ed.), The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America, Volume 2: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology 314-368 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |