Turners Falls Formation
| Turners Falls Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Newark Supergroup |
| Location | |
| Region |  Massachusetts |
| Country |  United States |
The Turners Falls Formation is an Early Jurassic geological formation in Massachusetts. Various reptile tracks and footprints are known from this strata. These include , which has been interpreted as belonging to a small quadrupedal reptile[1] or a pterosaur,[2] though it is most likely a crocodylomorph.[3]
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Rainforth, E.C. (2006). "Antipus flexiloquus – the earliest pterosaur tracks from North America?". Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. 38 (2): 82.
- ^ 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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