Catocapes Mateus et al. 2017 (mammal)

Mammalia - Ameghinichnidae

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

Parent taxon: Ameghinichnidae according to O. Mateus et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Koreasaltipes

Subtaxa: Catocapes angolanus

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Type: Catocapes angolanus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Catoca Diamond Mine (Cretaceous of Angola)

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