Genus
Ichnogenus Extinct

Ornithomimipus

Sternberg 1926

Ornithomimipus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
15
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Ornithomimipodidae Family
Ornithomimipus Genus
Fossil sites 15 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
10
🇺🇸 United States
4
🇵🇪 Peru
1
Geological formations
Patuxent
1
Mesa Rica Sandstone
1
Gates
1
Boulder Creek
1
Wapiti
1
Vilquechicho
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
9
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (4)
Ornithomimipus angustus 121 Ma
Ornithomimipus gracilis 121 Ma
Ornithomimipus jaillardi 72 Ma
Ornithomimipus yuanmuensis
Bibliography
Original description
C. M. Sternberg. 1926. Dinosaur tracks from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 44(46):85-87 DOI ↗
Bibliography (11)
N. J. Enriquez, N. E. Campione, and M. A. White, F. Fanti, R. L. Sissons, C. Sullivan, M. J. Vavrek, P. R. Bell. 2022. The dinosaur tracks of Tyrants Aisle: an Upper Cretaceous ichnofauna from Unit 4 of the Wapiti Formation (upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada. PLoS One 17(2):e0262824:1-45 DOI ↗
R. T. McCrea, L. G. Buckley, and A. G. Plint, M. G. Lockley, N. A. Matthews, T. A. Noble, L. Xing, J. R. Krawetz. 2015. Vertebrate ichnites from the Boulder Creek Formation (Lower Cretaceous: middle to ?upper Albian) of northeastern British Columbia, with a description of a new avian ichnotaxon, Paxavipes babcockensis ichnogen. et isp. nov. Cretaceous Research 55:1-18 DOI ↗
R. E. Weems and J. M. Bachman. 2015. The Lower Cretaceous Patuxent Formation ichnofauna of Virginia. Ichnos 22(3–4):209-219 DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley, K. Cart, and J. Martin, A. R. C. Milner. 2011. New theropod tracksites from the Upper Cretaceous "Mesaverde" Group, western Colorado: implications for ornithomimosaur track morphology. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:321-329
R. A. Gangloff, K. C. May, and J. E. Storer. 2004. An early Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite in central Yukon Territory, Canada. Ichnos 11:299-309 DOI ↗
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
E. Jaillard, H. Cappetta, and P. Ellenberger, M. Feist, N. Grambast-Fessard, J. P. Lefranc, B. Sigé. 1993. Sedimentology, palaeontology, biostratigraphy and correlation of the Late Cretaceous Vilquechico Group of southern Peru. Cretaceous Research 14:623-661 DOI ↗
D. D. Gillette and D. A. Thomas. 1989. Problematical tracks and traces of Late Albian (Early Cretaceous) age, Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico, USA. Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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 ↗
C. M. Sternberg. 1926. Dinosaur tracks from the Edmonton Formation of Alberta. Canada Department of Mines Geological Survey Bulletin (Geological Series) 44(46):85-87 DOI ↗