Tridentichnus

Tridentichnus is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints. The Tridentichnus trackmaker was a relatively large animal with five toes on its hind feet.[1] They are preserved in the Supai Formation[1] and located in Arizona.[2] The ichnospecies Steganoposaurus belli are similar footprints preserved in the Tensleep Sandstone of Wyoming.[3]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 34.
  2. ↑ "Figure 2.1," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 35.
  3. ↑ "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); pages 34-35.

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