Ignotornis gajinensis Kim et al. 2012 (bird)

Aves - Ignotornidae

Full reference: J. Y. Kim, M. G. Lockley, S. J. Seo, K. S. Kim, S. H. Kim and K. S. Baek. 2012. A paradise of Mesozoic birds: the world's richest and most diverse Cretaceous bird track assemblage from the Early Cretaceous Haman Formation of the Gajin Tracksite, Jinju, Korea. Ichnos 19:28-42

Belongs to Ignotornis according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016

See also Kim et al. 2012, Kim et al. 2017 and Xing et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ignotornis mcconnelli, Ignotornis yangi

Type specimen: KNUE 081001, 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 carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gyeongnam Science High School tracksite

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