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Tridentichnus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Ichnogenus: †Tridentichnus
Gilmore, 1927

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ "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.

References

  • Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999.


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