Limiavipes curriei McCrea and Sarjeant 2001

Aves - Limiavipedidae

Alternative combination: Aquatilavipes curriei

Full reference: R. T. McCrea and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 2001. New ichnotaxa of bird and mammal footprints from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation of Alberta. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life: New Research Inspired by the Paleontology of Philip J. Currie 453-478

Belongs to Limiavipes according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016

See also Azuma et al. 2002, Currie and Koppelhus 2015, Imai et al. 2018, McCrea et al. 2014, Xing et al. 2011 and Xing et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RTMP 98.89.11, cast of left pes, a footprint. Its type locality is W3 Main tracksite, 12 Mine South, which is in an Albian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/siltstone in the Gates Formation of Canada.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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