Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Selenichnus

Hitchcock 1858

Selenichnus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur and or pseudosuchian footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Selenichnus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
4
Geological formations
Turners Falls
2
Moenave
1
Portland
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
3
Species (2)
Selenichnus breviusculus 201 Ma
Selenichnus falcatus 201 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (3)
J. R. Foster, J. D. Harris, and A. R. Milner, E. M. Bordy, L. Sciscio, D. Castanera, M. Belvedere, L. Xing, M. G. Lockley. 2025. Jurassic vertebrate tracks and traces. Vertebrate Ichnology: Tetrapod Tracks and Trackways DOI ↗
C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863
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 ↗