Brontopodus pentadactylus Kim and Lockley 2012 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. Y. Kim and M. G. Lockley. 2012. New sauropod tacks (Brontopodus pentadactylus ichnosp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous HamanFormation of Jinju area, Korea: Implications for sauropods manus morphology. Ichnos 19(1–2):84-92

Belongs to Brontopodus according to J. Y. Kim and M. G. Lockley 2012

See also Kim et al. 2017, Mazin et al. 2017, Moreau et al. 2020, Poropat et al. 2021, Salisbury et al. 2016, Tomaselli et al. 2022 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Brontopodus birdi, Brontopodus changlingensis, Brontopodus oncalensis, Brontopodus plagnensis, Brontopodus triangularis

Type specimen: KNUE-0912001, a footprint. Its type locality is Gyeongnam Science High School tracksite, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Haman Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gyeongnam Science High School tracksite

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