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Avipeda
Trace fossil classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ "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.