Tetrapodium

Tetrapodium is an ichnogenus of fossil footprints found in the Etjo Sandstone and Omingonde Formations (Tetrapodium elmenhorsti) of Namibia.[1] The Etjo Sandstone fossils were initially identified as rounded, featureless depressions presumed to have been made by a quadrupedal animal, but more recent examination in 2016 could not identify such tracks and concluded they are most likely non-biogenic features of the rock surface.[2]

Tetrapodium Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Early Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	†Tetrapodium Gürich, 1926

See also

• List of dinosaur ichnogenera

References

1. Pickford, 1995, p.62
2. Wagensommer, A.; Latiano, M.; Mocke, H. B.; D'Orazi Porchetti, S. (2016). "Dinosaur diversity in an Early Jurassic African desert: the significance of the Etjo Sandstone ichnofauna at the Otjihaenamaparero locality (Namibia)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 281 (2): 155–182. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0593.

Bibliography

• Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.
• Pickford, Martin. 1995. Karoo Supergroup palaeontology of Namibia and brief description of a thecodont from Omingonde. Palaeontologia Africana 32. 51–66. Accessed 2018-08-28.