Species
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Platypterna tenuis

(Hitchcock 1837)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Platypterna Genus
Platypterna tenuis Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
E. Hitchcock. 1837. Fossil footsteps in sandstone and graywacke. The American Journal of Sciences and Arts 32:174-176
Bibliography (3)
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. 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 ↗