Notopus Leonardi, 1983

JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Print is of left manus, tetradactyl, digits increase in length from I-III, digit IV is shorter than digit I, lengths of digits are: I - 24 cm, II - 28 cm, III - 33 cm, and IV - 20 mm, ends of digits are rounded, digits I-III curve towards trackway midline, posterior margin wavy.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Continental; terrestrial

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Amphibian

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Devonian

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Rocek and Rage, 1994; van Bakel et. al., 2003.

REMARKS: Rocek and Rage, 1994 believe that Notopus is not an amphibian trace but an echinoderm trace closer to Asteriacites; van Bakel et al., 2003 propose the name Allophylichnus for the ichnogenus since Notopus shares its name with a genus of extant crab species.

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