Full reference: P. J. Currie. 1981. Bird footprints from the Gething Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(3-4):257-264
Parent taxon: Avipedidae according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016
See also Azuma et al. 2002, Currie 1981, Fujita 2008, Imai et al. 2018, McCrea et al. 2015, McCrea and Sarjeant 2001 and Zhen et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Avipeda, Fuscinapeda
Subtaxa: Aquatilavipes izumiensis Aquatilavipes swiboldae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), China (1), Japan (2), South Korea (1), United States (4: Alaska, Utah)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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