Ultrasauripus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint, found in Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Ιn 2020 Molina-Pérez and Larramendi, based on the 1.24 meter (4 ft) long footprint, estimated the size of the animal at 27–34.5 meters (88–113 ft) and 55 tonnes (60 short tons). It was a member of the Euhelopodidea family.[1]
Ultrasauripus | |
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Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Ichnogenus: | †Ultrasauripus |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2020). Dinosaur Facts and Figures: The Sauropods and Other Sauropodomorphs. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 44. Bibcode:2020dffs.book.....M.
Further reading
edit- 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.