below Turners Falls, tracksite: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Massachusetts
collected by D. Marsh, J. Deane & E. Hitchcock 1835

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Saltator bipedatus
Hitchcock 1865 4 specimens
Hoplichnus quadrupedans n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1848
Toxichnus inaequalis n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1865
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
Amphibia
Triaenopus leptodactylus Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
Reptilia
Sillimanius tetradactylus (Hitchcock 1836)
Lull 1915
Sillimanius gracilior (Hitchcock 1841)
Lull 1915
Ornithopus gracilior (Hitchcock 1841)
Hitchcock 1865 24 specimens
recombined as Sillimanius gracilior
Steropoides uncus (Hitchcock 1858)
Lull 1915
Steropoides infelix n. sp. Hay 1902
Lull 1904
Ornithichnites diversus n. sp. Hitchcock 1836
recombined as Steropoides diversus
Cunichnoides marsupialoideus n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1953
Helcura anguinea Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 19 specimens
Helcura littoralis n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Lull 1904
Helcura surgens Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1915
Ancyropus heteroclitus (Hitchcock 1841)
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
Amblypus dextratus n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1904
Reptilia - Batrachopodidae
Sauroidichnites deweyi n. sp. Hitchcock 1843
Hitchcock 1843
recombined as Batrachopus deweyi
Palamopus rogersi (Hitchcock 1843)
Lull 1915
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Macropterna vulgaris Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Exocampe ornata n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 12 specimens
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Exocampe ? ornata Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1865 3 specimens
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Exocampe arcta Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 4 specimens
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Palamopus gracilipes n. sp. (Hitchcock 1858)
Lull 1915
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Palamopus palmatus n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1845
Lull 1915
synonym of Batrachopus deweyi
Macropterna divaricans Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1858
recombined as Palamopus divaricans
Macropterna vuigaris
Hitchcock 1865 25 specimens
synonym of Batrachopus
Anisopus gracilis (Hitchcock 1845)
Hitchcock 1858 1 specimen
original and current combination Batrachopus gracilis
Shepardia palmipes n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 1 specimen
synonym of Batrachopus gracilis
Reptilia
Xiphopeza triplex n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1858 18 specimens
Reptilia - Moyenisauropodidae
Anomoepus scambus n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1848
Ornithoidichnites fulicoides Hitchcock 1843
Hitchcock 1844
synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Ornithoidichnites gracillimus n. sp. Hitchcock 1844
Hitchcock 1843
synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus minor n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 1 specimen
synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Corvipes lacertoideus Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858
recombined as Anomoepus lacertoideus
Reptilia
Lagunculapes latus n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1904
Plectropterna sp. Hitchcock 1845
Hitchcock 1865 2 specimens
cf. Plectropterna gracilis Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
"n. gen.?"
Plectropterna minitans (Hitchcock 1837)
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Grallator tenuis n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1904
Anchisauripus hitchcocki Lull 1904
Lull 1953
synonym of Grallator tenuis
Grallator cursorius Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858
Anchisauripus parallelus (Hitchcock 1837)
Lull 1915
synonym of Grallator cursorius
Brontozoum validum Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1865 3 specimens
synonym of Grallator tuberosus
Grallator gracilis (Hitchcock 1837)
Lull 1904
synonym of Grallator tuberosus
Brontozoum exsertum Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858 2 specimens
synonym of Grallator tuberosus
Brontozoum isodactylum Hitchcock 1858
Hitchcock 1858
synonym of Eubrontes
Anchisauripus minusculus (Hitchcock 1837)
Lull 1915
recombined as Eubrontes minusculus
Brontozoum sillimanium (Hitchcock 1843)
Hitchcock 1858
recombined as Eubrontes sillimani
Ornithoidichnites cuneatus (Hitchcock 1837)
Hitchcock 1844
synonym of Eubrontes sillimani
Brontozoum giganteum (Hitchcock 1836)
Hitchcock 1865 3 specimens
recombined as Eubrontes giganteus
Reptilia - Sauropodidae
Chimaera barrattii (Hitchcock 1837)
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
recombined as Sauropus barrattii
Reptilia
Argozoum paridigitatum Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1865 1 specimen
synonym of Argoides minimus
Trihamus elegans n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1862
Hitchcock 1865
Harpedactylus gracilis n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Hitchcock 1858 3 specimens
synonym of Harpedactylus tenuissimus
Harpedactylus gracilior n. sp. Hitchcock 1862
Hitchcock 1865 2 specimens
Harpedactylus concamerata n. sp. Hitchcock 1848
Lull 1904
recombined as Platypterna concamerata
Platypterna digitigrada Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1953
Platypterna deanii (Hitchcock 1837)
Lull 1915
Isocampe strata n. gen., n. sp. Hitchcock 1858
Lull 1915
unclassified
Bifurculipes scolopendroideus
Hitchcock 1865 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Massachusetts County:Franklin
Coordinates: 42.6° North, 72.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° North, 18.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:36 meters
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:201.30000 - 190.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Agawam Formation:Portland
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous,gray,red sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression,trace
Degree of concentration:-multiple events
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D. Marsh, J. Deane & E. Hitchcock Collection dates:1835
Metadata
Also known as:Lull 6, Turner's Falls
Database number:52996
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-08-30 12:25:00 Last modified:2019-03-19 14:12:24
Access level:the public Released:2005-08-30 12:25:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14325.ETE E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

23656ETE J. Deane. 1843. On the fossil footmarks of Turner's Falls, Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 46(1):73-77 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23658ETE J. Deane. 1845. Notice of new fossil footprints. The American Journal of Science and Arts 49(1):74-79 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57057 J. Deane. 1861. A memoir upon the fossil footprints and other impressions of the Connecticut River sandstone. Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River 19-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25607ETE P. M. Galton. 2002. Connecticut Valley footprints from 1802 to now: Moody's Corner, Massachusetts to Dinosaur State Park, Connecticut, USA. DinoPress 6:22-25/-78-91 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Day]
30862ETE 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]
51495 E. Hitchcock. 1843. Description of five new specie of fossil footmarks, from the red sandstone of the valley of the Connecticut River. Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists 1843:254-264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
23652ETE E. Hitchcock. 1844. Report on ichnolithology, or fossil footmarks, with a description of several new species, and the coprolites of birds, from the valley of Connecticut River, and of a supposed footmark from the valley of Hudson River. The American Journal of Science and Arts 47(2):292-322 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30909 E. Hitchcock. 1848. An attempt to discriminate and describe the animals that made the fossil footmarks of the United States, and especially of New England. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, new series 3:129-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
29531ETE 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 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30860ETE E. Hitchcock. 1865. Supplement to the ichnology of New England. In C. H. Hitchcock (ed.), Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863 1-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15230ETE R. S. Lull. 1904. Fossil footprints of the Jura-Trias of North America. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 5(11):461-557 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14628ETE R. S. Lull. 1915. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley. State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 24:1-285 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14321ETE R. S. Lull. 1953. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley (revised). State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 81:1-336 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53034 B. S. Lyman. 1894. Some New Red horizons. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 33:192-215 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63762 G. A. Mantell. 1854. The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2:447-930 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57410 D. Marsh. 1848. Foosil footprints. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 2 6:272-274 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68226 J. C. Warren. 1854. Remarks on Some Fossil Impressions in the Sandstone Rocks of Connecticut River 1-54 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
68227 T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]