Velociraptorichnus zhangi Xing et al. 2015 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae

Full reference: L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, G. Yang, X. Xu, J. Cao, H. Klein, W. S. Persons, H.-J. Shen, and X.-M. Zheng. 2015. Unusual deinonychosaurian track morphology (Velociraptorichnus zhangi n. ichnosp.) from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation, Sichuan Province, China. Palaeoworld 24:283-292

Belongs to Velociraptorichnus according to L.-D. Xing et al. 2015

See also Lockley et al. 2016, Xing et al. 2018, Xing et al. 2018 and Xing et al. 2019

Sister taxon: Velociraptorichnus sichuanensis

Type specimen: TI6 (mold, SBGED-20141121-1), a footprint. Its type locality is Mujiaowu tracksite, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial sandstone in the Xiaoba Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mujiaowu tracksite

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