Ornithichnites Explained

Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint that was originally classified as a dinosaur. The name was originally used by Edward Hitchcock in 1836 as a higher group name rather than a specific ichnogenus,[1] and thus the name does not have priority over specific ichnogeneric names even if they were first identified as Ornithichnites.[2] [3] Only two ichnospecies exist: O. crassus[4] and O. argenterae.[5]

Notes and References

  1. E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340
  2. The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary, edited by Kevin Padian (1988). page 263.
  3. Book: Glut, Donald F. . Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement . 2003 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . Jefferson, North Carolina . 0-7864-1166-X . Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs . 613–652 . registration . https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo00glut_2 .
  4. E. Hitchcock. 1837. Fossil footsteps in sandstone and graywacke. The American Journal of Sciences and Arts 32:174-176
  5. T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [''History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum''] iv-200

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