Hwangsanipes choughi Yang et al. 1995 (bird)

Aves - Ignotornidae

Full reference: S.-Y. Yang, M.G. Lockley, R. Greben, B.R. Erickson, and S.-K. Lim. 1995. Flamingo and duck-like bird tracks from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary: evidence and implications. Ichnos 4:21-34

Belongs to Hwangsanipes according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016

See also Huh and Hwang 2004, Kim et al. 2006, Kim et al. 2012, Lockley and Matsukawa 1998 and Yang et al. 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KPE 50101, mold and plaster replicas in the Kyungpook National University, Earth, a footprint. Its type locality is Avian tracksite, near Haenam, which is in a Campanian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Uhangri Formation of South Korea.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Avian tracksite, near Haenam

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