Paxavipes babcockensis McCrea et al. 2015 (bird)

Aves - Paxavipedidae

Full reference: R. T. McCrea, L. G. Buckley, A. G. Plint, M. G. Lockley, N. A. Matthews, T. A. Noble, L. Xing and J. R. Krawetz. 2015. Vertebrate ichnites from the Boulder Creek Formation (Lower Cretaceous: middle to ?upper Albian) of northeastern British Columbia, with a description of a new avian ichnotaxon, Paxavipes babcockensis ichnogen. et isp. nov. Cretaceous Research 55:1-18

Belongs to Paxavipes according to R. T. McCrea et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PRPRC 2005.15.001.014, a footprint (The fourth footprint of trackway C (PRPRC 2005.15.001.014) of the original block and PRPRC 2005.15.001.014MC, the fibreglass reinforced (FGR) plaster replica). Its type locality is Boulder Gardens tracksite, which is in an Albian/Albian floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Boulder Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boulder Gardens tracksite

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