Kouphichnium is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to limulids (horseshoe crabs). Kouphichnium fossils resemble the footprints of birds, sometimes in conjunction with a medial line,[1] and were initially thought to be bird or pterosaur tracks. The footprints are now believed to be the imprints of specialized limulid appendages, called pushers, terminating in four plates, used to push against the sediment. The medial line is left by the animal's telson. This ichnogenus is registered in the Carboniferous to the Cretaceous, in marine marginal environments in Tennessee, the United States and in Poland, as well as non-marine environments of Argentina and England, among others.[2] The genus contains five species, K. arizonae, K. cordifomnis, K. lithographicum, K. minusculum and K. walchi.
^Martin, Anthony J. "Kouphichnium isp". Archived from the original on 2017-10-15.
^Aceñolaza, F. G., & Buatois, L. A. (1991). Trazas fósiles del Paleozoico superior continental argentino. Ameghiniana, 28, 89-108. (in Spanish)
Kouphichnium is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to limulids (horseshoe crabs). Kouphichnium fossils resemble the footprints of birds, sometimes...
Eventually they were correctly identified as arthropod footprints and named Kouphichnium walchi, as proved by some remarkable 'death traces' showing a Mesolimulus...
doi:10.1134/S0031030118040111. S2CID 86861187. Martin, Anthony J. "Kouphichnium isp". Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2018-02-20...
The trackway is currently exhibited at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Kouphichnium, an ichnogenus attributed to horseshoe crabs "Fossil records 'crab' death...
large as Pteraichnus, these tracks were probably made by azhdarchids. Kouphichnium Nopcsa 1923 Misidentification N/A N/A The trackmaker was probably a limulid...
assigned to xiphosurans in 2013. Horseshoe crab trackway icnofossil Kouphichnium lithographicum from Cerin in Ain indicates length of animal 77.4–85.1 cm...
States) is published by King, Stimson & Lucas, who name new ichnospecies Kouphichnium atkinsoni and K. minkinensis. Horseshoe crab traces from the Middle Jurassic...
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Kingstonia †Kingstonia appalachia †Kouphichnium †Kullervo †Kullervo sulcata Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P...
including Selenichnites (sel-EEN-ick-NIGHT eez) or moon-shaped trace, Kouphichnium (koof-ICK-nee-um) or light trace, Palmichnium (pal-ICK-nee-um) or palm...
unidentified comparable form †Jerseyempheria – type locality for genus †Kouphichnium †Laornis – type locality for genus †Laornis edvardsianus – type locality...
†Koskinonodon †Koskinonodon perfectus †Koupichnium – probable lapsus calami of Kouphichnium[citation needed] †Kraterokheirodon – type locality for genus †Kraterokheirodon...
locality for genus †Kosmoceratops richardsoni – type locality for species †Kouphichnium †Leidyosuchus †Lepidotes Lepisosteus †Leptalestes Lima †Lissodus †Lonchidion...
type locality for genus †Koteya luzzii – type locality for species †Kouphichnium †Kyromyrma – type locality for genus †Kyromyrma neffi – type locality...
†Kamerunoceras †Kimbetohia – or unidentified comparable form †Koskinonodon †Kouphichnium †Kritosaurus – type locality for genus †Kritosaurus navajovius – type...
locality for species †Kennedya – type locality for genus †Kirkella †Kouphichnium †Lepidodendron †Lingula †Lisca – type locality for genus †Lissodus †Listracanthus...
locality for genus †Kosmoceratops richardsoni – type locality for species †Kouphichnium Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Ladinaticella...
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