Hadrosaurichnoides

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Hadrosaurichnoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Ichnogenus: Hadrosaurichnoides
Casanovas Cladellas et al., 1994

Hadrosaurichnoides is an Early Cretaceous[1] ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint erected by María Lourdes Casanovas Cladellas [es].[2] The original description attributed the ichnogenus to an ornithopod trackmaker, but in 2001 Lockley and Wright argued that they were actually left by theropods because the prints were longer and narrower than would be expected for ornithopod tracks.[2]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Abstract," in Lockley and Wright (2001). Pg. 428.
  2. ^ a b "Systematic Note," in Lockley and Wright (2001). Pg. 439.

References[edit]

  • Lockley, M. G., and Wright, J. L., 2001, Trackways of large quadrupedal ornithopods from the Cretaceous: a review: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, p. 428-442.