Tridentichnus

Tridentichnus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: †Temnospondyli
Ichnogenus: †
Gilmore, 1927

Tridentichnus is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints. The Tridentichnus trackmaker was a relatively large animal with five toes on its hind feet.[1] They are preserved in the Supai Formation[1] and located in Arizona, United States.[2] The ichnospecies Steganoposaurus belli are similar footprints preserved in the Tensleep Sandstone of Wyoming.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 34.
  2. ^ "Figure 2.1," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 35.
  3. ^ "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); pages 34–35.

References

  • Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999.


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