Avipeda
Appearance
Avipeda | |
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Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Ichnofamily: | †Avipedidae |
Ichnogenus: | †Avipeda Vialov, 1965 |
Avipeda is a Mesozoic bird ichnogenus. It is similar to the ichnogenus Aquatilavipes, but has shorter and thicker toe prints.[1]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "Systematics", in McCrea and Sarjeant (2001). Page 460.
References
- McCrea, R. T. and W. A S. Sarjeant. 2001. New ichnotaxa of bird and mammal footprints from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation of Alberta; pp. 453–478 in D. H. Tanke, and K. Carpenter, (eds.), Mesozoic Vertebrate Life. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis.