Navahopus

Navahopus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 189.6–175.6  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	† Sauropodomorpha
Ichnofamily:	† Navahopodidae
Ichnogenus:	† Navahopus Baird, 1980
Type ichnospecies
†Navahopus falcipollex Baird, 1980
Other ichnospecies
†N. coyoteensisMilàn et al., 2008
Synonyms
Navajopus( sic )

Navahopus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint that was made by an indeterminate navahopodid sauropodomorph once thought to have been a prosauropod that was alive during the Early Jurassic in southwestern United States. Two ichnospecies are known: the type ichnospecies, N. falcipollex (named in 1980 ^[1] ) and a second species, N. coyoteensis (named in 2008 ^[2] ). It is known from the Early Jurassic of Arizona (Aztec Sandstone and Navajo Sandstone), California (Aztec Sandstone) and Utah. ^[3]

See also

• Dinosaurs portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of dinosaur ichnogenera

References

1. Baird, D. (1980). A prosauropod dinosaur trackway from the Navajo Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) of Arizona. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert, L.L. Jacobs (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Press 219-230
2. Milàn, J. Loope, D. B., and Bromley, R. G. (2008). Crouching theropod and Navahopus sauropodomorph tracks from the Early Jurassic Navaho Sandstone of USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):197-205
3. 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.