Turners Falls (MA) - All footprints shown here are from the early Jurassic period (195 mya) from the Turners Falls Formation. The slabs here are red sandstones which were deposited during the formation of the Newark rift basin. Typical ichnotaxon list: Anchisauripus, Anomoepus, Batrachopus, Eubrontes, Grallator, and others.
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Anchisauripus tuberosus
(small to medium sized theropod dinosaur)
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FIRST ROW: 1-5) Various Anchisauripus prints. Note that photo #4 has a hallux claw impression. Photos 1-5 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.]
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Anomoepus
(ornithischian dinosaur)
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FIRST ROW: 1-4) Various Anomoepus prints. Photos 1-4 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.]SECOND ROW 5) An Anomoepus trackway with tail-drag trace from Tuners Falls, MA. The specimen belongs to the Dinosaur State Park in CT.
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Apatichnus
(small to medium sized theropod dinosaur)
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1) The left pes of an Apatichnus print. 2) The right pes of a different Apatichnus print. Photos 1-2 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.]
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Batrachopus deweyii
(crocodylomorph)
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please e-mail a photo if you have a print of this type.
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Eubrontes sp.
(large theropod dinosaur)
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FIRST ROW: 1-2) Eubrontes divaricatus print. 3) Eubrontes approximatus print. 4-5) Eubrontes gigandipus print. Photos 1-5 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.] SECOND ROW: Eubrontes prints from the Gaulin tracksite. 6) The slab is 16.5 x 12.75 x 2.5 inches thick, the length of print is 8 inches. 7) The slab is 12 x 17 inches, the length of print is 7 inches. 8) The slab is 13 x 8 inches, the length of print is 7 inches. [©http://members.aol.com/dinoprints/]
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Grallator
(small theropod dinosaur)
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1) Both cast and mold of a Grallator cuneatus. 2) A right pes cast of a Grallator cuneatus. Photos 1-2 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.] 3) Grallator print from the Gaulin tracksite. The slab is 15 x 18 x 3/4 inches thick, the length of print is 7 inches. [©http://members.aol.com/dinoprints/]
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Otozoum
(crocodylomorph)
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1) A beautiful imprint lacking Digit I but with skin impression. Photo 1 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.]
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Unknown
(small dinosaur)
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1-3) The owner claims the trackway comes from Fields Orchard Quarry in Gill, MA. He also claims the species is Trihamus elegans, each print is about 1.5" long.
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Other
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1) A tail trace. Photo 1 [Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, YPM. ©Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. All rights reserved.]
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