Anomoepus

Anomoepus; Temporal range: Early Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Positive casts of Grallator (A) and Anomoepus (B) tracks at Moyeni
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	†Ornithischia
Ichnofamily:	†Anomoepodidae
Ichnogenus:	†Anomoepus; Hitchcock, 1848
Type ichnospecies
	†Anomoepus scambus; Hitchcock, 1848
Ichnospecies
	26, see text
Synonyms
	Corvipes Hitchcock, 1858; Gregaripus? Weems, 1987; Hopiichnus? Welles, 1971; Trisauropodiscus? Ellenberger, 1970; Masititrisauropodiscus Ellenberger, 1974; Moyenisauropus Ellenberger, 1974;

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

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All four feet have left impressions. The smaller forefeet have five toes, whereas the larger hind feet have three toes. There is also an impression which might indicate where the creature rested. The footprints were discovered, amongst others, by a farm boy, Pliny Moody.^{[citation needed]} E.B. Hitchcock, a clergyman, described the Anomoepus footprints and others as evidence of ancient birds. They have since been identified as belonging to a dinosaur, probably an ornithischian, as indicated by the number of toes and the absence of claws on the rear digits. Trackways assigned to Anomoepus from Western Australia, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic^[1] have also been described. Anomoepus is the name of the footprint, not of the dinosaur, the identity of which remains unknown.

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Anomoepus

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