Brontopodus

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Brontopodus
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Brontopodus birdi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade:† Sauropodomorpha
Clade:† Sauropoda
Ichnogenus:† Brontopodus
Farlow, Pillman & Hawthorne, 1989

Brontopodus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint by sauropod trackmaker. This ichnogenus is mainly characterized by a wide-gauge trackway, which is distinguishable from narrow-gauge sauropod tracks like Breviparopus or Parabrontopodus . [1] Sauropods with broad bodies, such as titanosaur s are thought to be their trackmakers. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Lockley, Martin G.; Farlow, James O.; Meyer, Christian A. (1994). "Brontopodus and Parabrontopodus ichnogen. nov. and the significance of wide-and narrow-gauge sauropod trackways". Gaia. 10: 135–145.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Carrano, Matthew T. (1999). "Titanosaurs and the origin of "wide-gauge" trackways: a biomechanical and systematic perspective on sauropod locomotion". Paleobiology. 25 (2): 252–267. doi:10.1017/S0094837300026543.


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