Angolaichnus adamanticus Mateus et al. 2017 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

Full reference: O. Mateus, M. Marzola, A.S. Schulp, L.L. Jacobs, M.J. Polcyn, V. Pervov, A.O. Goncalves and M.L. Morais. 2017. Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 471:220-232

Belongs to Angolaichnus according to O. Mateus et al. 2017

See also Castanera et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Trackway 1 in MGUAN-PA600, a footprint. Its type locality is Catoca Diamond Mine, which is in an Aptian fluvial mudstone in the Calonda Formation of Angola.

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Catoca Diamond Mine

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