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Caririchnium yeongdongensis
Taxonomy
Caririchnium yeongdongensis was named by Kim et al. (2016). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is KNUE 20111001, a footprint (natural cast of a partial trackway composed of five consecutive manus-pes track sets), and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Yuli tracksite, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian terrestrial shale in the Saniri Formation of South Korea.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Caririchnium yeongdongensis Kim et al. p. 7 |
| 2020 | Caririchnium yeongdongensis Han p. 29 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Caririchnium yeongdongensis Kim et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Y. Kim et al. 2016 | Tracks of a large quadrupedal ornithopod with large tridactyl quadripartite mesaxonic pes and relatively large manus with three suboval to subrounded digit traces forming a clover-leaf-like subtriangular arrangement placed anteromedially, i.e., medial to trackway mid line, between pes digits II and III and with pronounced inward rotation of 45°. |