Reptilia - Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Synonym: Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae Moratalla 1993
Full reference: L. Xing, F. Wang, S. Pan and W. Chen. 2007. [The discovery of dinosaur footprints from the middle Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Qijiang County, Chongqing City]. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(11):1591-1602
Belongs to Caririchnium according to L. Xing et al. 2015
See also Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015, Kim et al. 2016, Lee et al. 2018, Leonardi et al. 2021, Lockley et al. 2013, Pérez-Lorente 2015, Xing et al. 2012, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Xing et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2018, Xing et al. 2019, Xing et al. 2021, Xing et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2015 and Xing et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Caririchnium billsarjeanti, Caririchnium liucixini, Caririchnium magnificum, Caririchnium protohadrosaurichnos, Caririchnium yeongdongensis, Laoyingshanpus
Type specimens:
- Caririchnium lotus: QII-O20-RP2 and RM2 (formerly QJGM-T37–3), a footprint (A complete manus-pes set of natural-mold tracks). Its type locality is Lotus Fortress tracksite, QII, which is in a Barremian/Albian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Jiaguan Formation of China.
- Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae: Its type locality is El Frontal tracksite, F-1, which is in a Berriasian fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/siltstone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections), South Korea (1), Spain (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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