Atreipus is an ichnogenus or trace fossil attributed to early Ornithischian dinosaurs. Its significance for Triassic biostratigraphy has earned it some fame. Reptile footprint faunules from the early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup of eastern North America.[1]

Atreipus
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Ichnofamily: Atreipodidae
Ichnogenus: Atreipus
Olsen & Baird, 1986
Type ichnospecies
Atreipus milfordensis
(Bock, 1952)
Ichnospecies
  • Atreipus milfordensis (Bock, 1952)
  • Atreipus metzneri (Heller, 1952)
  • Atreipus sulcatus (Baird, 1957)
  • Atreipus acadianus Olsen & Baird, 1986
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References

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  1. ^ "Atreipus" (PDF). ldgo.columbia.edu. Retrieved 29 November 2016.