Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Gypsichnites

Sternberg 1932

Gypsichnites is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Gypsichnites
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A, Akmechetosauropus makhkamovi (redrawn from [56]); B, Amblydactylus gethingi (redrawn from [8]); C, Amblydactylus kortmeyeri (redrawn from [57]); D, Apulosauripus federicianus (redrawn from [62]); E, Babatagosauropus bulini (redrawn from [56]); F, Bonaparteichnium tali (redrawn from [66]); G, Brachyguanodonipus prejanensis (redrawn from [68]); H, Camptosaurichnus fasolae (redrawn from [70]); I, Camptosauropus vialovi (redrawn from [74]); J, Caririchnium magnificum (redrawn from [11]); K, Caririchnium leonardii (redrawn from [76]); L-M, Caririchnium protohadrosaurichnos (redrawn from [78]); N, Caririchnium lotus (redrawn from [81]); O, Caririchnium kyoungsookimi (redrawn from [80]); P, Gigantoshiraminesauropus matsuoi (redrawn from [82]); Q, Gypsichnites pacensis (redrawn from [8]); R, Hadrosaurichnoides igeensis (redrawn from [92]); S, Hadrosaurichnus australis (redrawn from [93]); T, Hadrosaurichnus titicaensis (redrawn from [96]); U, Hadrosauripeda hauboldi (redrawn from [98]); V, Hadrosauropodus langstoni (redrawn from [24]); W, Hadrosauropodus nanxiongensis (redrawn from [99]); X, Iguanodonichnus frenkii (redrawn from [70]); Y, Iguanodonipus cuadrupedae (redrawn from [68]). © Ignacio Díaz-Martínez, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Félix Pérez-Lorente, José Ignacio Canudo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Gypsichnites
Gypsichnites
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Gypsichnites Genus
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
4
🇨🇦 Canada
3
Geological formations
Gething
2
Morrison
1
Patuxent
1
Glen Rose Limestone/Paluxy
1
Glen Rose Limestone
1
Gates
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
5
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gypsichnites pacensis 121 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C. M. Sternberg. 1932. Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68:59-85 DOI ↗
Bibliography (7)
R. E. Weems and J. M. Bachman. 2015. The Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation ichnofauna of Virginia. Ichnos 22(3–4):209-219 DOI ↗
T. Vance. 2002. Annotated checklist and bibliography of the prehistoric reptile and dinosaur tracks and trackways of Texas. Occasional Papers of the Dallas Paleontological Society 5:17-79
R. T. McCrea. 2000. Dinosaur footprints in the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation of Alberta, Canada: their use in palaeobiology and palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Y.-N. Lee (ed.), 2000 International Dinosaur Symposium for Kosong County in Korea. Paleontological Society of Korea Special Publication 4:169-178
T. Herrin, J. L. Gillette, and J. Campbell, D. D. Gillette. 1986. Dinosaur tracks in paradise. First International Symposium on Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, Abstracts with Program
M. G. Lockley. 1986. A Guide to Dinosaur Tracksites of the Colorado Plateau and American Southwest. University of Colorado at Denver Geology Department Magazine, Special Issue 1:1-56
P. J. Currie. 1983. Hadrosaur trackways from the Lower Cretaceous of Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 28(1-2):63-73
C. M. Sternberg. 1932. Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68:59-85 DOI ↗