Chelonipus
Appearance
Chelonipus Temporal range:
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Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Order: | Testudines |
Ichnofamily: | †Chelonipedidae |
Ichnogenus: | †Chelonipus (Vilienstern) Sarjeant & Langston, 1994 |
Ichnospecies | |
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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 [citation needed], the Late Paleocene-Early Eocene Chuckanut Formation, and the Eocene of Texas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.