Biology:Rotundichnus

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Short description: Dinosaur footprint

Rotundichnus
Trace fossil classification|Trace fossil classification e
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

  1. Molina-Perez & Larramendi (2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 38. Bibcode2020dffs.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