Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint that was originally classified as a dinosaur.[1] The name was originally used by Edward Hitchcock in 1836 as a higher group name rather than a specific ichnogenus,[1] and thus the name does not have priority over specific ichnogeneric names even if they were first identified as Ornithichnites.[2][3] Only two ichnospecies exist: O. crassus[4] and O. argenterae.[5]