Anomoepus

Anomoepus is the name assigned to several fossil footprints first reported from Early Jurassic beds of the Connecticut River Valley, Massachusetts, US in 1802.

A picture published with the record for Anomoepus.

Jeffrey A. Wilson1*, Claudia A. Marsicano2, Roger M. H. Smith3 · CC BY 2.5 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

Time the record covers

At least 121 million years on record.

The record covers at least 227.3 Mya to 106.3 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 237 Mya to 93.9 Mya.

Middle Triassic — about 0 of 159 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 10 of 159 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 129 of 159 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 8 of 159 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 10 of 159 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 2 of 159 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1 of 159 occurrences240–235 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences235–230 Mya — about 1 occurrence230–225 Mya — about 1 occurrence225–220 Mya — about 2 occurrences220–215 Mya — about 2 occurrences215–210 Mya — about 1 occurrence210–205 Mya — about 1 occurrence205–200 Mya — about 34 occurrences200–195 Mya — about 56 occurrences195–190 Mya — about 25 occurrences190–185 Mya — about 8 occurrences185–180 Mya — about 4 occurrences180–175 Mya — about 3 occurrences175–170 Mya — about 3 occurrences170–165 Mya — about 4 occurrences165–160 Mya — about 2 occurrences156–151 Mya — about 5 occurrences151–146 Mya — about 4 occurrences146–141 Mya — about 1 occurrence141–136 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences136–131 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences131–126 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences126–121 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences121–116 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences116–111 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences111–106 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences106–101 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences101–96 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences96–91 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences227.3 Mya106.3 Mya240 Mya91 Mya

159 occurrences of Anomoepus on record, most of them in the Early Jurassic. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

159 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

42 formations

Portland — 42.61°N, 72.51°WPortland — 42.52°N, 72.55°WPortland — 42.28°N, 72.56°WPortland — 42.61°N, 72.55°WPortland — 41.73°N, 72.66°WPortland — 41.69°N, 72.64°WPortland — 42.16°N, 72.58°WPortland — 41.57°N, 72.64°WPortland — 42.29°N, 72.55°WElliot — 30.40°S, 27.69°EElliot — 30.41°S, 27.62°EElliot — 30.17°S, 27.48°EElliot — 29.45°S, 27.70°ETurners Falls — 42.61°N, 72.53°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 37.36°N, 110.72°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 37.72°N, 110.45°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 37.60°N, 110.59°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 38.54°N, 109.60°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 38.53°N, 109.52°WKayenta/Navajo Sandstone — 38.42°N, 109.70°WNavajo Sandstone — 38.52°N, 109.66°WNavajo Sandstone — 37.29°N, 110.87°WNavajo Sandstone — 37.86°N, 110.40°WNavajo Sandstone — 38.18°N, 109.31°WNavajo Sandstone — 37.00°N, 112.81°WNavajo Sandstone — 37.35°N, 110.73°WNavajo Sandstone — 37.35°N, 110.77°WPrzysucha — 50.93°N, 21.63°EPrzysucha — 51.33°N, 20.58°EKayenta — 37.02°N, 113.36°WKayenta — 36.10°N, 111.21°WKayenta — 37.16°N, 113.50°WEast Berlin — 42.20°N, 72.64°WEast Berlin — 42.29°N, 72.60°WEast Berlin — 41.66°N, 72.67°WTowaco — 40.82°N, 74.33°WTowaco — 40.92°N, 74.33°WZagaje — 51.14°N, 20.69°EZagaje — 51.06°N, 20.51°EYanan — 38.78°N, 110.66°EYanan — 37.65°N, 109.80°EMcCoy Brook — 45.40°N, 64.11°WMcCoy Brook — 45.40°N, 64.21°WMorrison — 41.91°N, 106.01°WMorrison — 38.30°N, 108.75°WSkloby — 50.88°N, 21.33°ESkloby — 50.85°N, 21.45°EGettysburg — 40.15°N, 76.75°WGettysburg — 40.00°N, 77.06°WTomanová — 49.23°N, 19.94°EWingate Sandstone/Kayenta — 38.18°N, 109.26°WMoenave — 37.10°N, 113.54°WMoenave — 37.01°N, 113.40°WYan'an — 37.65°N, 109.81°EAlcobaça — 39.46°N, 9.18°WLourinhã — 39.18°N, 9.36°WSloan Canyon — 36.89°N, 103.35°WMist Mountain — 49.33°N, 114.88°WZhiluo — 35.30°N, 108.96°E

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The named rock units Anomoepus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 18 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Anomoepus and its relatives

Early Jurassic

Where Anomoepus and its relatives were recorded in the Early Jurassic.

Found in the same rock

222 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 97 sites for Anomoepus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

63 references

Each of the 159 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 51 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Anomoepus

Credit
Jeffrey A. Wilson1*, Claudia A. Marsicano2, Roger M. H. Smith3
Licence
CC BY 2.5
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.