Tetrapodium is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints found in the Etjo Sandstone and Omingonde Formations (Tetrapodium elmenhorsti) of Namibia.[1] The Etjo Sandstone fossils were initially identified as rounded, featureless depressions presumed to have been made by a quadrupedal animal, but more recent examination in 2016 could not identify such tracks and concluded they are most likely non-biogenic features of the rock surface.[2]
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| Ichnogenus: | †Tetrapodium Gürich, 1926 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pickford, 1995, p.62
- ^ Wagensommer, A.; Latiano, M.; Mocke, H. B.; D'Orazi Porchetti, S. (2016). "Dinosaur diversity in an Early Jurassic African desert: the significance of the Etjo Sandstone ichnofauna at the Otjihaenamaparero locality (Namibia)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 281 (2): 155–182. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0593.
Bibliography
edit- Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.
- Pickford, Martin (1995), "Karoo Supergroup palaeontology of Namibia and brief description of a thecodont from Omingonde" (PDF), Palaeontologia Africana, 32: 51–66, retrieved 2018-08-28