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Dinosaur footprint

Characichnos
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic (Aalenian), ~174–170 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Ichnogenus: †Characichnos
Whyte & Romano, 2001
Type ichnospecies
†Characichnos tridactylus
Whyte & Romano, 2001

Characichnos (meaning "score trace") is an ichnogenus of possibly dinosaurian tetrapod footprint. It includes a single species, C. tridactylus, known from prints found in the Middle Jurassic Saltwick Formation of Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Description

Characichnos traces were created by a "punting" tetrapod, meaning that the animal was drifting or partially buoyant in a body of water, and touching or pushing off from the ground with the feet.

Paleoecology

Outcrop of the Saltwick Formation

Other fossils from the Saltwick Formation consist of stegosaurian footprints and a caudal vertebra belonging to an eusauropod, nicknamed "Alan".

See also

References

  1. Whyte, M. A.; Romano, M. (2001). "A Dinosaur Ichnocoenosis from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK". Ichnos. 8 (3–4): 223–234. doi:10.1080/10420940109380189. ISSN 1042-0940. S2CID 128891012.
  2. Klein, Hendrik; G. Lucas, Spencer (16 April 2021). The Triassic Tetrapod Footprint Record. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 58.
  3. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  4. Manning, Phillip L.; Egerton, Victoria M.; Romano, Mike (2015-06-01). "A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom". PLOS ONE. 10 (6): e0128107. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1028107M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128107. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4452486. PMID 26030865.


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