Atreipus
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| Atreipus | |
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Trace fossil classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Ichnofamily: | †Atreipodidae |
| Ichnogenus: | †Atreipus Olsen & Baird, 1986 |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Atreipus milfordensis (Bock, 1952) | |
| Ichnospecies | |
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Atreipus is an ichnogenus or trace fossil attributed to early Ornithischian dinosaurs. Its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy has earned it some fame. Reptile footprint faunules from the early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup of eastern North America.[1]
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References
[edit]- ↑ Olsen, Paul E.; Baird, Donald (1986). "The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic Biostratigraphy" (PDF). In Padian, Kevin (ed.). The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 61–87. ISBN 978-0521367790. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
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