Uhangrichnus chuni Yang et al. 1995 (bird)

Aves

Synonym: Dongyangornipes sinensis Azuma et al. 2013

Full reference: S.-Y. Yang, M.G. Lockley, R. Greben, B.R. Erickson, and S.-K. Lim. 1995. Flamingo and duck-like bird tracks from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary: evidence and implications. Ichnos 4:21-34

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

See also Azuma et al. 2013, Fiorillo et al. 2011, Huh and Hwang 2004, Imai et al. 2018, Kim et al. 2012, Lockley and Matsukawa 1998, Xing et al. 2017, Xing et al. 2018 and Yang et al. 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Uhangrichnus chuni: KPE 50101, mold and plaster replicas in the Kyungpook National University, Earth. Its type locality is Avian tracksite, near Haenam, which is in a Campanian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Uhangri Formation of South Korea.
  • Dongyangornipes sinensis: ZMNH-M8774, a footprint. Its type locality is Fengchekou Mountain bird tracksite, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial siltstone in the Jinhua Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), South Korea (2), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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