Magnoavipes

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Magnoavipes
Magnoavipes (theropod dinosaur track) (Dakota Sandstone, Lower Cretaceous; Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado, USA) 3.jpg
Specimen from Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade:† Ornithomimosauria
Ichnofamily:† Ornithomimipodidae
Ichnogenus:† Magnoavipes
Lee, 1997 [1]

Magnoavipes is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

A 2026 study found the type ichnospecies to be a nomem dubium due to its naming being based on penatrative tracks. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Yuong-Nam (1 December 1997). "Bird and dinosaur footprints in the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian), Texas". Cretaceous Research. 18 (6): 849–864. doi:10.1006/cres.1997.0091.
  2. ↑ Lallensack, Jens N.; Pérez-Lorente, Félix; Amzil, Mustapha; Oukassou, Mostafa; Meyer, Christian; Saber, Hafid; Klein, Hendrik; Charriére, André; Zafaty, Omar; Falkingham, Peter L. (2026-01-13). "The abundance and diversity of penetrative tracks: a critical re-evaluation of theropod ichnotaxa". Historical Biology: 1–19. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2610322. ISSN   0891-2963.

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

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