Jialingpus

Jialingpus
Temporal range: Oxfordian - Cenomanian 161–99.7 Ma
Footprints of Jialingpus yuechiensis
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnogenus: †Jialingpus
Zhen, Li & Zhen, 1983
Type ichnospecies
†Jialingpus yuechiensis
Zhen et al., 1983

Jialingpus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur, likely a theropod.[1] Its footprints have been found in the Feitianshan Formation, a low-energy lake formation. Holotype is SCFP-24, which was found in Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)-aged Yuechi tracksite at Huanglong, China.[2] These footprints were found within the vicinity of those of the smaller theropod Minisauripus, meaning that Jialingpus likely hunted Minisauripus.[3]

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References

  1. ^ L. D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, G. D. Gierlinski, J. D. Divay, S. M. Hu, J. P. Zhang, Y. Ye, and Y. P. He (2014). "The non-avian theropod track Jialingpus from the Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, China, with a revision of the type material: Implications for ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker morphology". 23 (2): 187-199. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2013.12.001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Zhen, S. (1986). The dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Abstracts with Program 27
  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.

Further reading

  • M. G. Lockley, J. Li, R. Li, M. Matsukawa, J.D. Harris and L. Xing. 2013. A review of the tetrapod track record in China, with special reference to type ichnospecies: implications for ichnotaxonomy and paleobiology. Acta Geologica Sinica 87(1):1-2
  • Y. Tsukiji, Y. Sakai, and Y. Azuma. 2019. Ichnotaxonomic revision of dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 18:1-20