Biology:Shensipus

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Short description: Dinosaur footprint

Shensipus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Trace fossil classification|Trace fossil classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnofamily: Grallatoridae
Ichnogenus: Shensipus
Young, 1966

Shensipus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. They were described from footprints found in Jiaoping Coal Mine by C. C. Young in 1966, which are part of the Zhiluo Formation. The genus was suggested in 2015 to be a synonym of Anomoepus.[1]

See also

  • List of dinosaur ichnogenera

References

  1. Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Tang, Yonggang; Klein, Hendrik; Zhang, Jianping; Persons, W. Scott; Dai, Hui; Ye, Yong (2015-01-02). "Theropod and Ornithischian Footprints from the Middle Jurassic Yanan Formation of Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China" (in en). Ichnos 22 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/10420940.2014.985670. ISSN 1042-0940. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10420940.2014.985670. 

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 ☰ Q7494317 entry