Genre
Ichnogenre Taxon formel Éteint

Ruopodosaurus

Arbour et al. 2024

Ruopodosaurus is an ichnogenus of ankylosaurian dinosaur footprint. The ichnogenus contains a single ichnospecies, Ruopodosaurus clava, described in 2025 from prints found in the Late Cretaceous Dunvegan and Kaskapau formations of Canada. Additional prints from the similarly aged Jindong Formation of South Korea were later tentatively referred to this ichnogenus. Ruopodosaurus represents the first recognized ankylosaurid tracks in the trace fossil record.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
4
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Ornithischia Clade non classé
Parapredentata Clade non classé
Saphornithischia Clade non classé
Prionodontia Clade non classé
Genasauria Clade non classé
Thyreophora Clade non classé
Thyreophoroidea Superfamille
Eurypoda Clade non classé
Ankylosauria Clade non classé
Euankylosauria Clade non classé
Ankylosauridae Famille
Ruopodosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 4 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇦 Canada
4
Formations géologiques
Dunvegan
3
Kaskapau
1
Distribution temporelle
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
4
Espèces (1)
Ruopodosaurus clava 101 Ma
Bibliographie
Description originale
V. M. Arbour, M. G. Lockley, and E. Drysdale, R. Rule, C. W. Helm. 2024. A new thyreophoran ichnotaxon from British Columbia, Canada confirms the presence of ankylosaurid dinosaurs in the mid Cretaceous of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(5):e2451319:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
V. M. Arbour, M. G. Lockley, and E. Drysdale, R. Rule, C. W. Helm. 2024. A new thyreophoran ichnotaxon from British Columbia, Canada confirms the presence of ankylosaurid dinosaurs in the mid Cretaceous of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(5):e2451319:1-14 DOI ↗