Jialingpus

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

Jialingpus
Temporal range: Oxfordian - Cenomanian
Footprints of Jialingpus yuechiensis
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnogenus: Jialingpus
Zhen, Li & Zhen, 1983
Type ichnospecies
Jialingpus yuechiensis
Zhen et al., 1983

See also

References

  1. 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
  2. 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.
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