Gigandipus
Appearance
Gigandipus Temporal range:
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Early Jurassic (Hettangian)-aged Gigandipus footprint from the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site, Arizona | |
Trace fossil classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Ichnofamily: | †Gigandipodidae |
Ichnogenus: | †Gigandipus Hitchcock, 1845 |
Gigandipus is an ichnogenus of theropod dinosaur footprint. It is known from the Norian-Cenomanian and it is most well known from the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site (Moenave Formation) of Utah, where it was likely the apex predator.
See also
References
Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.