Octopodichnus

{{Short description|Ichnogenus of trace fossil}} {{Ichnobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Permian|Jurassic}} | image = Nevada Red Rock Canyon Octopodichnus tracks.jpg | image_caption = ''Octopodichnus'' trackway at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, US | taxon = Octopodichnus | authority = Gilmore 1927 | type_ichnospecies = | type_ichnospecies_authority = | subdivision_ranks = Ichnospecies | subdivision = *''O. didactylus'' Gilmore 1927 *''O. minor'' Brady 1947<ref name=Brady1947>{{cite journal |last1=Brady |first1=L. F. |year=1947 |title=Invertebrate Tracks from the Coconino Sandstone of Northern Arizona |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=21 |number=5 |pages=466–472 |jstor=1299441}}</ref> *''O. raymondi'' Alf 1968<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sadler |first1=Christa J. |title=Arthropod trace fossils from the Permian De Chelly Sandstone, northeastern Arizona |journal=Journal of Paleontology |date=March 1993 |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=240–249 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000032169|bibcode=1993JPal...67..240S }}</ref> |synonyms = }}

'''''Octopodichnus''''' (‘eight-footed trace’) is a Permian to Jurassic trace fossil that has been found in the western United States.<ref name=Lucas2011>{{cite book |last1=Lucas |first1=Spencer G. |title=Traces of a Permian seacoast : Prehistoric Trackways National Monument |date=2011 |publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science |location=Albuquerque, N.M. |isbn=9780615471709 |page=22}}</ref><ref name=LockleyEtal2011>{{cite journal |last1=Lockley |first1=M. G. |last2=Tedrow |first2=A. R. |last3=Chamberlain |first3=K. C. |last4=Minter |first4=N. J. |last5=Lim |first5=J. |year=2011 |title=Footprints and invertebrate traces from a new site in the Nugget Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) of Idaho: implications for life in the northern reaches of the great Navajo-Nuggest erg system in the western USA, Fossil Record 3 |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=53 |pages=344–356 |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/19318722/Lockley_et_al._2011-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1649961125&Signature=V-S-vVUr3JWDdtLSY9~WrpuGimtmkDkaUFD1ZgazCYyoLaObYkvFSC4z1hnntN5gu4F854yZNhMBl8LRYvMryWEvG9LuekJTZOdrubyGt1iLBjlkxC9uO-ScPoSTJxjIQIp8kQn56Uw~o1ggGZlzGbznuiE87WwhemaToh~2scKL2xs3T3iG~zYY13kXwxWPfve5akCRkwVQZL8pVEEynHgWPqulfNuwZTprN2zsO32e0PRKrPMHmk-1K~a7Vk9V0NhHLQy5mrtM6UQCYYizZmlOvk9V24qcXiMa9Md9f2oiirGQqUe6GGNtcDdf8vkydX-RyU17N0LdTO9pC9J1-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref>

The ichnogenus is characterized by alternating groups of four tracks. These are interpreted as tracks of spiders or scorpions.<ref name=Lucas2011/>

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Category:Arthropod trace fossils Category:Prehistoric arachnid genera