Argoides

Argoides
Temporal range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic, 221.5–196.5 Ma
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Ichnogenus: †Argoides
Hitchcock, 1845
Type ichnospecies
†Argoides minimus
Hitchcock, 1836
Other ichnospecies
  • †Argoides macrodactylus Hitchcock, 1841
  • †Argoides redfieldii Hitchcock, 1844
  • †Argoides robustus Hitchcock, 1837
Synonyms

Argoides is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint, originally named as an ichnospecies of Ornithichnites,[1][2] left by what was possibly an ornithopod, although due to the age of the tracks (some of which predate the oldest known ornithopod fossils), they were probably instead made by theropods.[3] A 2.8 cm long footprint from the lower Jurassic represents the holotype.[4] The size of the track maker is estimated at 56 cm (1.84 ft) long and 185 grams (0.408 lbs) in weight.[5] It has been found in the Portland, Passaic and Turners Falls Formations of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey.

  1. ^ E. Hitchcock. 1836. Ornithichnology - description of the foot marks of birds, (Ornithichnites) on new Red Sandstone in Massachusetts. The American Journal of Science and Arts 29(2):307-340
  2. ^ E. Hitchcock. 1837. Fossil footsteps in sandstone and graywacke. The American Journal of Sciences and Arts 32:174-176
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ E. Hitchcock. 1845. An attempt to name, classify, and describe, the animals that made the fossil footmarks of New England. Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, New Haven, CT. Abstract and Proceedings 23-25
  5. ^ Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Spain: Larousse. p. 24.