Ornithichnites Temporal range:
Early Jurassic,
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Trace fossil classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Ichnogenus: | †
Ornithichnites Hitchcock, 1836 |
Type ichnospecies | |
†Ornithichnites crassus Hitchcock, 1837
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Other ichnospecies | |
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Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint that was originally classified as a dinosaur. [1] 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]
Ornithichnites Temporal range:
Early Jurassic,
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Trace fossil classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Ichnogenus: | †
Ornithichnites Hitchcock, 1836 |
Type ichnospecies | |
†Ornithichnites crassus Hitchcock, 1837
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Other ichnospecies | |
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Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint that was originally classified as a dinosaur. [1] 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]