Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Plectropus

Hitchcock 1845

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Plectropus
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Syntormon pallipes, Sealand Ranges, North Wales, May 2012 2 © Janet Graham · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Plectropus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Portland
2
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Plectropus longipes 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings
Bibliography (1)
E. Hitchcock. 1841. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts DOI ↗