Wakinyantanka styxi Lockley et al. 2014 (theropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: M. G. Lockley, M. Triebold, and P. R. Janke. 2014. Dinosaur tracks from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), South Dakota. Fossil Footprints of Western North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 62:459-468

Belongs to Wakinyantanka according to M. G. Lockley et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RM- DRC97-001-01-08 and RMDRC97-001-10-16 (casts, UCM 213.1-213.4), a footprint (trackway). Its type locality is Holsti Ranch tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial claystone in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holsti Ranch tracksite

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