Alternative combination: Kayentapus hoppi
Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1971. Dinosaur footprints from the Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona. Plateau 44(1):27-38
Belongs to Kayentapus according to A. R. C. Milner et al. 2009
See also Abrahams et al. 2023, Gand et al. 2018, Irby 1993, Irby 1996, Li et al. 2010, Li et al. 2021, Lockley 1986, Lockley et al. 2011, Mietto et al. 2000, Morales 1986, Morales and Colbert 1986, Niedźwiedzki 2011, Osi et al. 2011, Peng et al. 2023, Sciscio et al. 2017, Wagensommer et al. 2016, Weems 1992, Welles 1971, Xing et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2011, Xing et al. 2013 and Xing et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Kayentapus ambrokholohali, Kayentapus damarensis, Kayentapus hailiutuensis, Kayentapus minor, Kayentapus nananensis, Kayentapus otariensis, Kayentapus soltykovensis, Kayentapus ubacensis, Kayentapus xiaohebaensis
Type specimen: UCMP 83668, a footprint (cast of trackway I (5 prints)). Its type locality is Moenkopi Wash tracksite, UCMP V6898, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian terrestrial mudstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Moenkopi Wash tracksite, UCMP V6898
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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