Biology:Rotundichnus
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Short description: Dinosaur footprint
Rotundichnus | |
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Trace fossil classification|Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Ichnogenus: | †Rotundichnus |
Rotundichnus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. The ichnospecies Rotundichnus muchehagensis dates to the early lower Cretaceous in central Laurasia (present-day Germany) and the largest footprint, that was 87 cm (2.85 ft) long, belongs to an individual that measured 21.5 meters (70.5 ft) and weighed 36.5 tonnes (40.2 short tons).[1]
See also
- List of dinosaur ichnogenera
References
- ↑ Molina-Perez & Larramendi (2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 38. Bibcode: 2020dffs.book.....M.
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. https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo00glut_2.
Wikidata ☰ Q7370717 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotundichnus.
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