Shenmuichnus wangi Xing et al. 2016 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Neornithischia - Anomoepodidae

Full reference: L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, J. Zhang, H. You, H. Klein, W. S. Persons, H. Dai and Z. Dong. 2016. First Early Jurassic ornithischian and theropod footprint assemblage and a new ichnotaxon Shenmuichnus wangi ichnosp. nov. from Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Historical Biology 28(6):721-733

Belongs to Shenmuichnus according to L. Xing et al. 2016

See also Abrahams et al. 2023 and Xing et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Shenmuichnus youngteilhardorum

Type specimen: DLS1-RP1-RM1–DLS1-RP3-RM3, a footprint. Its type locality is Dalishu tracksite I, which is in a Sinemurian lacustrine sandstone in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Dalishu tracksite I

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