Tridentichnus

Tridentichnus
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Ichnogenus:	†Tridentichnus; Gilmore, 1927

Tridentichnus is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints. The Tridentichnus trackmaker was a relatively large animal with five toes on its hind feet.^[1] They are preserved in the Supai Formation^[1] and located in Arizona, United States.^[2] The ichnospecies Steganoposaurus belli are similar footprints preserved in the Tensleep Sandstone of Wyoming.^[3]

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 34.
^ "Figure 2.1," Lockley and Hunt (1995); page 35.
^ "Western Traces in the 'Age of Amphibians'," Lockley and Hunt (1995); pages 34–35.

Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999.

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