Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Anticheiropus

Hitchcock 1865

Anticheiropus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint belonging to a saurischian. It has only been discovered in Massachusetts. Two ichnospecies are known : A. hamatus and A. pilulatus, both discovered around 1863 and named by Edward Hitchcock in 1865.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Anticheiropus
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Lower Triassic fossil footprint (ichnite) of the ichnogenus Chirotherium, probably caused by an early archosaur, and first discovered 1833 in Hildburghausen (Thuringia, Germany). This specimen, however, ist from the Helsby Sandstone of the Storeton Quarry near Liverpool. Its species name is Chirotherium storetonense.[1] © Ballista · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Anticheiropus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Portland
2
Turners Falls
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Anticheiropus hamatus 201 Ma
Anticheiropus pilulatus 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Hitchcock. 1865. Supplement to the ichnology of New England. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863
Bibliography (2)
E. Hitchcock. 1865. Supplement to the ichnology of New England. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863
C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863