Lign. 247. Ornithoidichnites, or Imprints of the Footsteps of Bipeds with Bird-like Feet, on Sandstone.
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ORNITHOIDICHNITES.
The above will suffice to give the reader a general idea of the nature of these extraordinary impressions. A few shapeless fragments of bones are the only vestiges of the skeletons of any animals, with the exception of fishes, that have been found in the strata which have furnished the slabs of Ornithoidichnites. Some Coprolites also have been discovered.
Lign. 248. Bird-like Footprint, and impressions of Rain-drops, on Sandstone (nat.). New Red Formation; Massachusetts.
[Amer. Journ. of Science, (1843,) vol. xlvi. p. 73.]