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Steropoides ingens
Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites ingens was named by Hitchcock (1836). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Horse Race Quarry, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts. It is the type species of Steropoides.
It was recombined as Ornithichnites ingens by Buckland (1836) and Hitchcock (1836); it was recombined as Steropezoum ingens by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Tridentipes ingens by Hitchcock (1858) and Hitchcock (1889); it was recombined as Steropoides ingens by Hitchcock (1845), Lull (1904), Lull (1915), Lull (1917) and Kuhn (1963).
It was recombined as Ornithichnites ingens by Buckland (1836) and Hitchcock (1836); it was recombined as Steropezoum ingens by Hitchcock (1848); it was recombined as Tridentipes ingens by Hitchcock (1858) and Hitchcock (1889); it was recombined as Steropoides ingens by Hitchcock (1845), Lull (1904), Lull (1915), Lull (1917) and Kuhn (1963).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1836 | Ornithichnites ingens Buckland p. 41 |
| 1836 | Ornithichnites ingens Hitchcock p. 319 fig. 3 |
| 1836 | Ornithoidichnites ingens Hitchcock p. 319 fig. 3 |
| 1841 | Ornithoidichnites ingens Hitchcock |
| 1845 | Sillimanius adamsanus Hitchcock p. 24 |
| 1845 | Steropoides ingens Hitchcock p. 24 |
| 1848 | Steropezoum ingens Hitchcock p. 182 |
| 1858 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. 89 |
| 1889 | Tridentipes ingens Hitchcock p. 118 |
| 1904 | Steropoides ingens Lull p. 524 |
| 1915 | Steropoides ingens Lull pp. 239-240 |
| 1917 | Steropoides ingens Lull p. 121 |
| 1963 | Steropoides ingens Kuhn p. 97 |
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