Dicynodontipus bellambiensis Retallack 1996 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: G. J. Retallack. 1996. Early Triassic therapsid footprints from the Sydney Basin, Australia. Alcheringa 20:301-314

Belongs to Dicynodontipus according to G. J. Retallack 1996

See also Poropat et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Dicynodontipus geinitzi, Dicynodontipus hildburghausensis, Dicynodontipus penugnu, Rogerbaletichnus aguilerai, Stipanicichnus bonettii, Calibarichnus ayestarani, Gallegosichnus garridoi, Palaciosichnus zettii

Type specimen: MMF 13639, a footprint. Its type locality is Bellambi Colliery trackway, which is in a Changhsingian terrestrial shale/siltstone in the Coal Cliff Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bellambi Colliery trackway

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