Chelonipus
Temporal range:
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Order: Testudines
Ichnofamily: Chelonipedidae
Ichnogenus: Chelonipus
(Vilienstern) Sarjeant & Langston, 1994
Ichnospecies
  • Chelonipus chadronicus
  • Chelonipus parvus

Chelonipus is a trace fossil ichnogenus attributed to turtles and testudines.[1] Chelonipus ichnospecies are known from the a number of locations including the Early Triassic of Wyoming and Utah,[1] Late Jurassic Morrison Formation , the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Chuckanut Formation, and the Eocene of Texas.[1]

Referecnes

  1. 1 2 3 Mustoe, G.E. (2019). "Lower Eocene footprints from northwest Washington, USA. Part 1: Reptile tracks". Geosciences. 9 (321): 1–19. Bibcode:2019Geosc...9..321M. doi:10.3390/geosciences9070321.


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