Species
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Plectropterna minitans

(Hitchcock 1837)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
10
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Plectropterna Genus
Plectropterna minitans Species
Fossil sites 10 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
10
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
9
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
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 ↗