Gypsichnites pacensis Sternberg 1932 (theropod)

Reptilia - Theropoda

Alternative combinations: Columbosauripus pacensis, Gypsichnites pascensis, Gypsichnites peacensis

Full reference: C. M. Sternberg. 1932. Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68:59-85

Belongs to Gypsichnites according to I. Díaz-Martínez et al. 2015

See also Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Gangloff et al. 2004, Harington et al. 2005, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Langston 1974, Leonardi and Carvalho 2021, Sarjeant 1970, Sternberg 1932, Thulborn 1990, Thulborn and Wade 1984, Weems and Bachman 2015 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMC 8553, a footprint. Its type locality is 2 miles upstream from Gething's mine, Peace River Canyon, which is in an Albian terrestrial sandstone/coal in the Gething Formation of Canada.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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