Ichnogenus: Polyonyx SANTOS,
MORATALLA & ROYO-TORRES, 2009
= Polyonyx SANTOS, MORATALLA, RODRIGUES & SANZ,
2004 (nomen
nudum)
Etymology:
Grteek, poly, "several" and Greek, onyx, "claw"; evidence of many claw marks.
Species: gomesi SANTOS, MORATALLA, RODRIGUES & SANZ, 2009 (Ichnotype)
= Polyonyx gomesi SANTOS, MORATALLA, RODRIGUES & SANZ, 2004
(nomen nudum)
Etymology:
In memory and honor of Jacinot Pedro Gomes (1844-1916), curator of the Museu
Mineralogico e Geologico da Escola Politecniea (Lisbon, Portugal), in the first
naturalist
to study in (1844) dinosaur tracks in Portugal (Bomes 1916).
Holotype: In situ.
Locality: Galinha tracksite, Municipal ara of Bairro, Serra de Aire, West-Central Portugal.
Horizon: Serrade Aire Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Bajocian Stage, Lower Dogger Epoch-Bathonian Stage, Middle Dogger Epoch, Middle Jurassic.
Material: 94 consecutive manus/pes prints.
Referred material:
Polyonyx isp
97 consecutive manus/pes prints.
3 more trackways.