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Hamipes
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hamipes HITCHCOCK, 1858, p. 150
Type Species:
*H. didactylus, M
Images
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Fig. 41,3. *H. didactylus, X0.7 (Hitchcock, 1858)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Mass.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Two paired, regular, parallel rows of equidistant impressions of steps, curved inward, somewhat hook-shaped, width of trackway 40 mm, foot impressions nearly parallel, may be slightly divergent. [Arthropod trail.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hamipes HITCHCOCK, 1858, p. 150
Type Species:
*H. didactylus, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 41,3. *H. didactylus, X0.7 (Hitchcock, 1858)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Mass.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Trias
Ending International Stage:
Rhaetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
201.36
Description
Two paired, regular, parallel rows of equidistant impressions of steps, curved inward, somewhat hook-shaped, width of trackway 40 mm, foot impressions nearly parallel, may be slightly divergent. [Arthropod trail.]