Chelichnus
id:
chelichnus-176-4026099
title:
Chelichnus
text:
Chelichnus is an ichnogenus of Permian tetrapod footprint. The name means tortoise traces, because the shape of the prints was originally mistakenly thought to be produced by a tortoise. This is now known to be incorrect, as tortoises did not evolve until much later. It was first found in Corncockle Quarry in Dumfries, Scotland, and described by Rev. Henry Duncan. In ichnology, footprints and other traces are given a genus and species name, the ichnogenus and ichnospecies, that is based on the s
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Trace fossil
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelichnus
date created:
2015-06-23T16:32:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T00:20:02Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Chelichnus_NMNH.jpg","width":1152,"height":2030}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16