ornithichnite
English
Etymology
ornith- + ichnite.
Noun
ornithichnite (plural ornithichnites)
- (paleontology) A fossilised footprint left by a bird.
- 1834 October 1, Charles Lyell, “On the fossil foot-prints of birds”, in The American Journal of Science, volume 45, page 395:
- Mr. Lyell next visited the red and green shales of Cabotville, north of Springfield in Massachusetts, where some of the best Ornithichnites have been procured, chiefly in the green shale.
- 1839 January 1, T.A. Conrad, “Notes on American geology”, in The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 35, page 246:
- Mr. Hitchcock has nowhere maintained the existence of an ornithichnite in the graywacke of Hudson valley.
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