Ichnogenus: Apatopus BAIRD, 1957
Etymology:

Ichnospecies: lineatus (BOCK, 1952) BAIRD, 1957
Etymology:
= Otozoum (?) lineatus BOCK, 1952

Holotype: Hitchcock collection, Lafayette Collate, Easton, Pennsylvania, S4909

Locality: Smith Clark quarry near Milford, 1.25 km north of Delaware River Bridge, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

Horizon: Lower Passic Formation (Old Upper Brunswick Formation), about 5100 meters above the Triassic Base, Level B, Newark Series.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: A left manus-pes set.
Note: Same horizon at which Chirotherium parvum and Gigandipus milfordensis were found.

MCZ 212: The succeeding right set of the same trackway.

Referred material:

LC S489, MCZ 213: Presumably 3 adults.

AMNH 1789, 2258: Smaller individuals.

AMNH 2259, MCZ 214: Juvenile tracks.

 


BIRON & DUTUIT, 1981

Locality: Argana, Morocco.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

Dalle 2: Trackway.

 


OLSEN & FLYNN, 1989

Locality: Nyack Beach State Park, Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York.

Horizon: Stockton Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

YPM 7731: Manus-pes overlapped by pes of Brachychirotherium eyermani.
Note: Parrish believes Apatopus tracks may belong to a rhynchosaur or trilophosaur.