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Ignotornis

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Ignotornis
Temporal range: Barremian-Cenomanian, 126–98 Ma
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Ichnofamily: Ignotornidae
Ichnogenus: Ignotornis
Mehl, 1931
Type ichnospecies
Ignotornis mcconnelli
Mehl, 1931
Ichnospecies
  • Ignotornis canadensis Buckley, McCrea & Xing, 2018
  • Ignotornis mcconnelli Mehl, 1931
  • Ignotornis yangi Kim et al., 2006

Ignotornis was a bird ichnogenus dating back to the Barremian-Cenomanian of Colorado, Canada and South Korea.[1]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Bird Tracks," in Lockley, Janke, and Theisen (2001). Pg. 446.

References

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  • Lockley, M. G., Janke, P., and Theisen, L., 2001, First reports of bird and ornithopod tracks from the Lakota Formation (Early Cretaceous), Black Hills, South Dakota: In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 443–452.