Dinosaur track
Fossil
Also called Dinosaur footprint, Ichnite, and Eubrontes
About it
Prints pressed into mud or sand: three narrow, clawed toes for meat-eaters, blunter toes or round prints for plant-eaters. Connecticut's state fossil is the track Eubrontes; tracks on US federal land and in parks are protected.
- Type
- Fossil (trace fossil)
- Group
- Trace fossil
- Colours
- grey, red, tan, brown
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.