Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Neornithischia

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1932. Footprint records from Cretaceous, Triassic, and Pennsylvanian. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 42:284-285

Parent taxon: Ornithopoda according to O. Kuhn 1963

See also Kuhn 1958

Sister taxa: Anomoepodidae, Bonaparteichnium, Brachypoda, Burianosaurus, Camptosaurichnus, Camptosauropus, Clypeodonta, Dinosauropodes, Dolichopoda, Euornithopoda, Fabrosauria, Gilmoreosaurus arkhangelskyi, Goseongosauripus, Hypsiloichnus, Hypsilophodontidae, Iguanodontia, Iguanodontipodidae, Iguanodontipodidae, Jiayinosauropus, Kalodontoidea, Laosaurus, Laosaurus celer, Laosaurus minimus, Moyenisauropodidae, Ningxiapus, Ornithopoidea, Othnielia, Phyllodon, Psilotrisauropus, Siluosaurus, Taponichnus, Telosichnus, Tetrapodosauridae, Trachodontoidea, Unespichnium, Walmadanyichnus, Wintonopus

Subtaxa: Dakotasaurus browni

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Type: Dakotasaurus browni

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at tracksite, 3 miles south of Lander (Cretaceous of Wyoming)

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