Deltapodus

Deltapodus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	† Ornithischia
Clade:	† Thyreophora
Clade:	† Stegosauria
Ichnogenus:	† Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994

Deltapodus is an ichnogenus of footprint produced by a stegosaurian dinosaur ^[1] According to the main Stegosauria article:

"Purported stegosaurian dermal plate was reported from the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Kallamedu Formation (southern India); however, Galton & Ayyasami (2017) interpreted the specimen as a bone of a sauropod dinosaur. Nevertheless, the authors considered the survival of stegosaurians into the Maastrichtian to be possible, noting the presence of the stegosaurian ichnotaxon Deltapodus in the Maastrichtian Lameta Formation (western India). ^[2] ".

It is known from the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal, ^[3] Spain, from the Tugulu Group China, ^[4] Morocco, United Kingdom and Tirgan formation Iran ^[5]

Deltapodus includes three ichnospecies: D. ibericus, D. curriei, and D. brodricki. It has been suggested that Deltapodus curriei may be registrations by Wuerhosaurus stegosaurs. ^[4]

See also

• List of dinosaur ichnogenera

References

1. Belvedere, M.; Mietto, P. (2010). "First evidence of stegosaurian Deltapodus footprints in North Africa (Iouaridène Formation, Upper Jurassic, Morocco)". Palaeontology. 53 (1): 233–240. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..233B. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00928.x . S2CID   140670546.
2. Peter M. Galton; Krishnan Ayyasami (2017). "Purported latest bone of a plated dinosaur (Ornithischia: Stegosauria), a "dermal plate" from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of southern India". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 285 (1): 91–96. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2017/0671.
3. Mateus, Octávio; Milàn, Jesper; Romano, Michael; Whyte, Martin A. (September 2011). "New Finds of Stegosaur Tracks from the Upper Jurassic Lourinhã Formation, Portugal". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (3): 651–658. doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0055 .
4. Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Persons, W. Scott; Klein, Hendrik; Romilio, Anthony; Wang, Donghao; Wang, Miaoyan (2021-02-28). "Stegosaur Track Assemblage from Xinjiang, China, Featuring the Smallest Known Stegosaur Record" . PALAIOS. 36 (2): 68–76. Bibcode:2021Palai..36...68X. doi:10.2110/palo.2020.036. ISSN   0883-1351. S2CID   233129489.
5. Tabatabaee, Parisa; Lasemi, Yaghoob; Jahani, Davood (2018-02-14). "Facies variability of a lower Aptian carbonate platform succession, Tirgan Formation, eastern Kopet Dagh Basin, northeast Iran" . Carbonates and Evaporites. 34 (3): 597–608. doi:10.1007/s13146-018-0428-z. ISSN   0891-2556. S2CID   134874355.

Further reading

• Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs" . Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp.  613–652. ISBN   978-0-7864-1166-5.