Plectropterna

Hitchcock 1845

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Terrestrial

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Title: A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey .. Identifier: CUbiodiversity600397-9082 (find matches) Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903; Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey Subjects: Paleontology Publisher: Harrisburg, Board of Commissioners for the Geological Survey Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 697 Plec. Plectropterna angusta, Hitchcock, Icht. Mass. page 110, lias. f-) itch cock ^ Idithuolo^ij McLSS. Text Appearing After Image: I'lfrtroplerria, Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. © Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903; Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey · No restrictions · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Plectropterna Genus

Fossil sites 27 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Portland

Turners Falls

Temporal distribution

Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)

Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)

Species (5)

Plectropterna angusta 201 Ma

Plectropterna elegans 201 Ma

Plectropterna gracilis 201 Ma

Plectropterna lineans 201 Ma

Plectropterna minitans 201 Ma

Synonyms (1)

Tarsoplectrus subjective synonym of Plectropterna

Bibliography

Original description

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

Bibliography (5)

C. H. Hitchcock. 1889. Recent progress in ichnology. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24(8):117-127

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

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 DOI ↗

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 DOI ↗

E. Hitchcock. 1841. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts DOI ↗