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Ornithichnites

Ornithichnites
Trace fossil classification
Ichnoorder: Pelycosauriipedii
Ichnoorder: Therapsidia
Ichnoclass: Mammalipida
Ichnogenus: Ornithichnites

Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint. The name was originally used by Edward Hitchcock as a higher group name rather than a specific ichnogenera, and thus the name does not have priority over specific ichnogenera names even if they were first identified as Ornithichnites.

Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN . 



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