IRMNG - Chimaerichnus Hitchcock, 1871 †

IRMNG name details

Chimaerichnus Hitchcock, 1871 †

IRMNG_ID

11968507 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11968507)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Genus

Parent

Trace fossils †

Synonymised names

Chimaera Hitchcock, 1858 † · unaccepted > junior homonym

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Hitchcock, C.H. (1871). [Account and complete list of the Ichnozoa of the Connecticut Valley.] Walling and Gray's Official Topographic Atlas of Massachusetts, pp. xx-xxi. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark replacement name for Chimaera E.Hitchcock, 1858 (nec Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomic remark replacement name for Chimaera E.Hitchcock, 1858 (nec Linnaeus, 1758) [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Chimaerichnus Hitchcock, 1871 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11968507 on 2026-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2026-03-25 11:37:19Z

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Edkins, Keith

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Sources (2)
Notes (1)

original description Hitchcock, C.H. (1871). [Account and complete list of the Ichnozoa of the Connecticut Valley.] Walling and Gray's Official Topographic Atlas of Massachusetts, pp. xx-xxi. [details]

basis of record Olsen, P. E.; Baird, D.,. (1986). The ichnogenus Atreipus and its significance for Triassic Biostratigraphy: In K. Padian (ed.), The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs, Fauna! Change Across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary, Cambridge University Press, New York, p. 61-87. , available online at https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~polsen/nbcp/olsen_baird_86.pdf [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark replacement name for Chimaera E.Hitchcock, 1858 (nec Linnaeus, 1758) [details]