Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Platypterna

Hitchcock 1845

Platypterna is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
32
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Platypterna
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IdentificatieTitel(s): Pootafdruk en een spoor van een staart. Brontozoum Sillimanium and B. Minisculum (titel op object). Caudal Trail? (titel op object)Objecttype: foto bladzijde Objectnummer: RP-F-2001-7-1066-4Opschriften / Merken: nummer, recto, gedrukt: ‘Plate XVI. Fig. 1. Fig. 2.’Omschrijving: Links de pootafdruk van een Brontozoum Sillimanium en Brontozoum Minisculum, rechts (vermoedelijk) een spoor van de staart van een Platypterna.VervaardigingVervaardiger: fotograaf: J.L. Lovell (vermeld op object)Plaats vervaardiging: AmherstDatering: ca. 1858 - in of voor 1863Materiaal: fotopapier Techniek: albuminedrukAfmetingen: pagina: h 313 mm × b 232 mmOnderwerpWat: foot-print, trackVerwerving en rechtenCredit line: Aankoop met steun van de Mondriaan Stichting, het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, het VSBfonds, het Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds en het Egbert KunstfondsVerwerving: aankoop 2001Copyright: Publiek domein © Rijksmuseum · CC0 · Wikimedia
Platypterna
Platypterna
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Platypterna Genus
Fossil sites 32 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
32
Geological formations
Portland
26
Turners Falls
5
Lockatong
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
26
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
5
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (13)
Harpedactylus crassus 201 Ma
Harpedactylus gracilior 201 Ma
Harpedactylus gracilis subjective synonym of Harpedactylus tenuissimus 201 Ma
Harpedactylus tenuissimus 201 Ma
Platypterna concamerata 201 Ma
Platypterna deanii 201 Ma
Platypterna delicatula 201 Ma
Platypterna digitigrada 201 Ma
Platypterna gracillima 201 Ma
Platypterna lockatong 227 Ma
Platypterna recta 201 Ma
Platypterna tenuis 201 Ma
Platypterna varica subjective synonym of Platypterna concamerata 201 Ma
Synonyms (2)
Calopus subjective synonym of Platypterna
Harpedactylus subjective synonym of Platypterna
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings
Bibliography (9)
R. S. Lull. 1953. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley (revised). State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 81:1-336
W. Bock. 1952. Triassic reptilian tracks and trends of locomotive evolution. Journal of Paleontology 26(3):395-433
R. S. Lull. 1915. Triassic life of the Connecticut Valley. State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 24:1-285 DOI ↗
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
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 ↗