Genre
Ichnogenre Taxon formel Éteint

Velociraptorichnus

Zhen et al. 1994

Velociraptorichnus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. In 2016 based on the 10 centimetres long footprint the animal's size was estimated at 1.2–1.55 meters (3.9–5.1 ft) and 3.9–5.6 kg (8.6–12.3 lb).

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
9
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol Terrestre
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Theropoda Clade non classé
Neotheropoda Clade non classé
Averostra Clade non classé
Tetanurae Clade non classé
Coelurosauria Clade non classé
Maniraptora Clade non classé
Paraves Clade non classé
Deinonychosauria Infraordre
Dromaeosauridae Famille
Velociraptorichnus Genre
Sites de découverte 9 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
8
🇵🇱 Pologne
1
Formations géologiques
Xiaoba
2
Houcheng
1
Tuchengzi
1
Shaxian
1
Distribution temporelle
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
3
Barrémien (125.77–121.4 Ma)
2
Valanginien (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Berriasien (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Espèces (2)
Velociraptorichnus sichuanensis 126 Ma
Velociraptorichnus zhangi 143 Ma
Bibliographie
Description originale
S. Zhen, J. Li, and B. Zhang, W. Chen, S. Zhu. 1994. Dinosaur and bird footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Emei County, Sichuan, China. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 54:105-120
Bibliographie (9)
K. Niu and L. Xing. 2023. The first dinosaur track assemblages from the Upper Cretaceous Shaxian Formation, Fujian Province, southeastern China. Cretaceous Research 146 DOI ↗
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and T. Du, L. Zhang, H. Klein, A. Romilio, W. S. Persons, K. Wang, Z. Li, X. Wan. 2020. Dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation (Hebei Province, China) used as building stones in the Chengde imperial summer resort: age, ichnology, and . Cretaceous Research 107 DOI ↗
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and K. Tong, G. Peng, A. Romilio, H. Klein, W. S. Persons, Y. Ye, S. Jiang. 2019. A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: implications for ichnological database and census studies. Cretaceous Research 96:120-134 DOI ↗
M. G. Lockley, J. D. Harris, and R. Li, L. Xing, T. van der Lubbe. 2016. Two-toed tracks through time: on the trail of “raptors” and their allies.
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and D. Marty, H. Klein, G. Yand, J. Zhang, G. Peng, Y. Ye, W. S. Persons, X. Yin, T. Xu. 2016. A diverse saurischian (theropod–sauropod) dominated footprint assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation in the Sichuan Basin, southwestern China: A new ornithischian ichnotaxon, pterosaur tracks and an unusual sauropod walking pattern. Cretaceous Research 60:176-193 DOI ↗
G. D. Gierlinski. 2015. New dinosaur footprints from the Upper Cretaceous of Poland in the light of paleogeographic context. Ichnos 22(3–4):220-226 DOI ↗
L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and G. Yang, X. Xu, J. Cao, H. Klein, W. S. Persons, H.-J. Shen, X.-M. Zheng. 2015. Unusual deinonychosaurian track morphology (Velociraptorichnus zhangi n. ichnosp.) from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation, Sichuan Province, China. Palaeoworld 24:283-292 DOI ↗
R. Li, M. G. Lockley, and P. J. Makovicky, M. Matsukawa, M. A. Norell, J. D. Harris, M. Liu. 2007. Behavioral and faunal implications of Early Cretaceous deinonychosaur trackways from China. Naturwissenschaften DOI ↗
S. Zhen, J. Li, and B. Zhang, W. Chen, S. Zhu. 1994. Dinosaur and bird footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of Emei County, Sichuan, China. Memoirs of Beijing Natural History Museum 54:105-120