Carmelopodus

Carmelopodus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. In 2016 the 53 cm (1.7 ft) long footprint was suggested to belong to a ceratosaurid and the animal's size was estimated at 8 meters (26 ft) and 1.65 tonnes (1.82 short tons).[1] Another footprint that belongs to Carmelopodus untermannorum and has a size of 4 cm (0.13 ft) was made by an individual that was 68 cm (2.2 ft) in length and 1 kg (2.2 lbs).[1]

Carmelopodus
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Ichnogenus: Carmelopodus

See also

References

  1. Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Spain: Larousse. p. 26.

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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