Koreasaltipes jinjuensis Kim et al. 2017 (mammal)

Mammalia - Ameghinichnidae

Full reference: K. S. Kim, J. D. Lim, M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, and Y. Choi. 2017. Korean trackway of a hopping, mammaliform trackmaker is first from the Cretaceous of Asia. Cretaceous Research 74:188-191

Belongs to Koreasaltipes according to K. S. Kim et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CUE E4M001, a footprint (Natural cast of trackway consisting of nine left and right pes pairs L1 and R1 to L9 and R9 with L4 missing due to damage). Its type locality is Korea Natural Monument No. 534 tracksite, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Jinju Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Korea Natural Monument No. 534 tracksite

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