Tridentichnus

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.^[2] The ichnospecies Steganoposaurus belli are similar footprints preserved in the Tensleep Sandstone of Wyoming.^[3]

Footnotes

1 2 "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.

References

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

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