Anomalipes

Anomalipes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 77.3–73.5 Ma [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Pedal elements
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	† Caenagnathidae
Genus:	† Anomalipes Yu et al., 2018
Type species
Anomalipes zhaoi Yu et al., 2018

Anomalipes (meaning "unusual foot") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian age) Wangshi Group of China. The genus contains a single species, Anomalipes zhaoi, known from a partial hindlimb. ^[2]

Discovery and naming

The remains of Anomalipes were discovered within a Shantungosaurus bonebed at the Kugou locality. The holotype (ZCDM V0020, housed at Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum, Zhucheng, Shandong) is an incomplete left hind-limb, including a partial left thigh, shin and shank, a complete metatarsal III and two toe bones. ^[2]

The genus name Anomalipes is derived from the Latin anomalus (peculiar, abnormal, not easily classified) and pes (foot), referring to the unusual shape of its foot. The specific name, zhaoi, was named in honour of Zhao Xijin. ^[2]

See also

• 2018 in archosaur paleontology
• Timeline of oviraptorosaur research

References

1. An, Wei; Kuang, Hong-Wei; Liu, Yong-Qing; Peng, Nan; Xu, Ke-Min; Xu, Huan; Zhang, Peng; Wang, Ke-Bai; Chen, Shu-Qing; Zhang, Yan-Xia (January 2016). "Detrital zircon dating and tracing the provenance of dinosaur bone beds from the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group in Zhucheng, Shandong, East China". Journal of Palaeogeography. 5 (1): 72–99. doi: 10.1016/j.jop.2015.11.002 .
2. Yilun Yu; Kebai Wang; Shuqing Chen; Corwin Sullivan; Shuo Wang; Peiye Wang; Xing Xu (2018). "A new caenagnathid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Wangshi Group of Shandong, China, with comments on size variation among oviraptorosaurs". Scientific Reports. 8 (1) 5030. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23252-2. PMC   5864915 . PMID   29567954.