Alternative combinations: Ignotornis mcconelli, Ignotornis mcconneli
Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1931. Additions to the vertebrate record of the Dakota sandstone. American Journal of Science 21(125):441-452
Belongs to Ignotornis according to L. G. Buckley et al. 2016
See also Brodkorb 1971, Brodkorb 1978, Fiorillo et al. 2011, Haubold 1971, Kim et al. 2006, Kim et al. 2012, Kuhn 1958, Kuhn 1963, Lockley 1992, Lockley et al. 2001, Lockley et al. 1989, Lockley et al. 2018, McCrea et al. 2014, Mehl 1931, Thulborn 1990, Wetmore 1956 and Xing et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ignotornis gajinensis, Ignotornis yangi
Type specimen: 17614 U. of Colorado, a footprint. Its type locality is tracksite, north of Golden, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian levee sandstone/shale in the Muddy Sandstone Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Alaska, Colorado collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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