Species
Ichnogenus Extinct

Anomoepus scambus

Hitchcock 1848

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
73
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Moyenisauropodidae Family
Anomoepus Genus
Anomoepus scambus Species
Fossil sites 73 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
55
🇱🇸 Lesotho
12
🇵🇱 Poland
2
🇨🇦 Canada
2
🇨🇳 China
1
🇦🇺 Australia
1
Geological formations
Elliot
12
McCoy Brook
2
Gettysburg
1
Towaco
1
Skloby
1
Precipice Sandstone
1
Feltville
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
2
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
53
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
16
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Synonyms (20)
Aethyopus minor subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus cuneatus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus curvatus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus intermedius subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus isodactylus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus minimus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Anomoepus minor subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Apatichnus circumagens subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Apatichnus holyokensis subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Brontozoum fulicoides subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Eubrontes gracillimus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus dodai subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus levicauda subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus longicauda subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus minor subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus natatilis subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus natator subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Moyenisauropus vermivorus subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Plesiornis minor subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Plesiornis quadrupes subjective synonym of Anomoepus scambus
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (20)
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E. Hitchcock. 1858. Ichnology of New England. A Report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut Valley, Especially its Fossil Footmarks, Made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts DOI ↗
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E. Hitchcock. 1844. Report on ichnolithology, or fossil footmarks, with a description of several new species, and the coprolites of birds, from the valley of Connecticut River, and of a supposed footmark from the valley of Hudson River. The American Journal of Science and Arts 47(2):292-322
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