Caririchnium yeongdongensis Kim et al. 2016 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae

Full reference: J. Y. Kim, M. G. Lockley, and H. Y. Chun. 2016. New dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) Saniri Formation of Yeongdong area, central Korea: Implications for quadrupedal ornithopod locomotion. Cretaceous Research 61(1):5-16

Belongs to Caririchnium according to J. Y. Kim et al. 2016

See also Han 2020

Sister taxa: Caririchnium billsarjeanti, Caririchnium liucixini, Caririchnium lotus, Caririchnium magnificum, Caririchnium protohadrosaurichnos, Laoyingshanpus

Type specimen: KNUE 20111001, a footprint (natural cast of a partial trackway composed of five consecutive manus-pes track sets). Its type locality is Yuli tracksite, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian terrestrial shale in the Saniri Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yuli tracksite

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