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''Anomoepus'' is the name assigned to several fossil animal tracks, footprints first reported from Early Jurassic beds of the Connecticut River Valley, Massachusetts, US in 1802.
All four feet have left impressions. The smaller forefeet have five toes, whereas the larger hind feet have three toes. There is also an impression which might indicate where the creature rested. The footprints were discovered, amongst others, by a farm boy, Pliny Moody. Edward Hitchcock, E.B. Hitchcock, a clergyman, described the ''Anomoepus'' footprints and others as evidence of ancient birds. They have since been identified as belonging to a dinosaur, probably an ornithischian, as indicated by the number of toes and the absence of claws on the rear digits. Trackways assigned to ''Anomoepus'' from Western Australia, Poland and Czech Republic have also been described. ''Anomoepus'' is the name of the footprint, not of the dinosaur, the identity of which remains unknown.
All four feet have left impressions. The smaller forefeet have five toes, whereas the larger hind feet have three toes. There is also an impression which might indicate where the creature rested. The footprints were discovered, amongst others, by a farm boy, Pliny Moody. Edward Hitchcock, E.B. Hitchcock, a clergyman, described the ''Anomoepus'' footprints and others as evidence of ancient birds. They have since been identified as belonging to a dinosaur, probably an ornithischian, as indicated by the number of toes and the absence of claws on the rear digits. Trackways assigned to ''Anomoepus'' from Western Australia, Poland and Czech Republic have also been described. ''Anomoepus'' is the name of the footprint, not of the dinosaur, the identity of which remains unknown.
Ichnospecies
*''Anomoepus scambus, A. scambus'' E. Hitchcock, Hitchcock, 1848 *''Anomoepus ranivorus, A. ranivorus'' P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970 *''Anomoepus vermivorous, A. vermivorous'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus minimus, A. minimus'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus minor, A. minor'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus palmipes, A. palmipes'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus natator, A. natator'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus aviforma, A. aviforma'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus galliforma, A. galliforma'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus superaviforma, A. superaviforma'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus phalassianiforma, A. phalassianiforma'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus levis, A. levis'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus popompoi, A. popompoi'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus supervipes, A. supervipes'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1970) *''Anomoepus fringilla, A. fringilla'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus turda, A. turda'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus minutus, A. minutus'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus perdiciforma, A. perdiciforma'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus natatilis, A. natatilis'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus levicauda, A. levicauda'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus dodai, A. dodai'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus longicauda, A. longicauda'' (P. Ellenberger, Ellenberger, 1974) *''Anomoepus moghrebensis, A. moghrebensis'' P.E. Biron, Biron & J.-M. Dutuit, Dutuit, 1981 *''Anomoepus pienkovskii, A. pienkovskii'' Gerard Gierliński, Gierliński, 1991 *''Anomoepus karaszevskii, A. karaszevskii'' (Gerard Gierliński, Gierliński, 1991) *''Anomoepus moabensis, A. moabensis'' (M.G. Lockley, S.Y. Yang, M. Matsukawa, F. Fleming, & S.K. Lim, Lim, 1992)See also
* List of dinosaur ichnogenera *Ichnology *Connecticut River Valley trackwaysReferences
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3489524 Ornithischian trace fossils Early Jurassic dinosaurs of North America Paleontology in Massachusetts Fossil taxa described in 1848