Haematopus sp.

Oystercatcher

These footprints are quite common in the fossil sand dunes along the southern Australian coast. They are most similar to the traces left by Oystercatchers but may belong to a variety of shorebirds.

Skeletal element: Pes print
Specimen number: FU2799
Significance of specimen: Quite common in aeolianite sediments of southern Australia
Geological age: Late Pleistocene, Bridgewater Formation
State/territory: South Australia
Locality/site: Coffin Bay, Eyre Peninsula