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

Jialingpus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur, likely a theropod.[1] Its footprints have been found in the Feitianshan Formation, a low-energy lake formation. Holotype is SCFP-24, which was found in Late Jurassic (Oxfordian)-aged Yuechi tracksite at Huanglong, China.[2] These footprints were found within the vicinity of those of the smaller theropod Minisauripus, meaning that Jialingpus likely hunted Minisauripus.[3]

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References

  1. L. D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, G. D. Gierlinski, J. D. Divay, S. M. Hu, J. P. Zhang, Y. Ye, and Y. P. He (2014). "The non-avian theropod track Jialingpus from the Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, China, with a revision of the type material: Implications for ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker morphology". 23 (2): 187-199. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2013.12.001. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 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
  3. 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.

Further reading

  • M. G. Lockley, J. Li, R. Li, M. Matsukawa, J.D. Harris and L. Xing. 2013. A review of the tetrapod track record in China, with special reference to type ichnospecies: implications for ichnotaxonomy and paleobiology. Acta Geologica Sinica 87(1):1-2
  • Y. Tsukiji, Y. Sakai, and Y. Azuma. 2019. Ichnotaxonomic revision of dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 18:1-20
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