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Possible Batrachopus Track

Wed, 30 May 2018 02:25:14 +0000

A better, non-chalk image of a previous post. I think it might be a possible Batrachopus footprint (missing a toe, the rock is broken on the left side).

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Western Massachusetts

Possible Batrachopus Track

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:52 +0000

It looks the part of a Batrachopus footprint (missing a toe) with the proper size and location but I cannot say for sure.

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Western Massachusetts

Unknown Plant Fossil

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:49 +0000

Pretty sure it is not an ichnofossil, but with two leaflets on the rock I don't have much to ID it from.

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Massachusetts

Asymmetrical Ripple Marks

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:47 +0000

Marks left by the movement of a river or stream in the early Jurassic.

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Massachusetts

Mud Cracks Imprint

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:45 +0000

Multiple cracks made from the drying of mud, probably near a seasonal body of water

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Massachusetts

Equisetites sp.

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:43 +0000

The imprint of a stalk from an ancestor of the Horsetail.

Equisetites sp.

Hartford Basin

Shuttle Meadow Formation

Massachusetts

Small Footprint

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:39 +0000

Either a small footprint or a partial one I believe it to be a Grallator due to its shape and size. Picked it up while hiking.

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Massachusetts

Mud Crack Imprint

Mon, 28 May 2018 16:14:38 +0000

A mud crack preserved in the shale, I determined it not to be an ichnofossil due to more that turned up in the rock.

Hartford Basin

Portland Formation

Massachusetts