Stenichnus

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Stenichnus
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Genus: Stenichnus
Gilmore, 1927

Stenichnus is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints. Its toes were slender and the prints overall were about the size of tracks left by modern lizards.[1] They have been preserved in the Supai Formation. These tracks have not been studied much since Gilmore's original research.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 34.
  2. ^ Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999.