Turners Falls Formation

The Turners Falls Formation is an Early Jurassic geological formation in Massachusetts. Various reptile tracks and footprints are known from this strata. These include Antipus flexiloquus, which has been interpreted as belonging to a small quadrupedal reptile[1] or a pterosaur,[2] though it is most likely a crocodylomorph.[3]

Turners Falls Formation
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofNewark Supergroup
Location
Region Massachusetts
Country United States

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References
  1. Coombs, Walter P. (1996). "Redescription of the ichnospecies Antipus flexiloquus Hitchcock, from the Early Jurassic of the Connecticut Valley". Journal of Paleontology. 70 (2): 327–331. doi:10.1017/S0022336000023416. ISSN 0022-3360.
  2. Rainforth, E.C. (2006). "Antipus flexiloquus – the earliest pterosaur tracks from North America?". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 38 (2): 82.
  3. Whyte, M. A.; Romano, M. (2014-05-01). "First record of the pterosaur footprint Pteraichnus from the Saltwick Formation (Aalenian) of the Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire, UK". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 60 (1): 19–27. doi:10.1144/pygs2014-338. ISSN 0044-0604.

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