Dakotasaurus browni Branson and Mehl 1932 (ornithopod)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1932. Footprint records from Cretaceous, Triassic, and Pennsylvanian. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 42:284-285

Belongs to Dakotasaurus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Branson and Mehl 1932, Branson and Mehl 1932, Kuhn 1958 and Kuhn 1963

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 594 VP, a footprint. Its type locality is tracksite, 3 miles south of Lander, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial sandstone in the Naturita Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at tracksite, 3 miles south of Lander

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