Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Navahopus

Baird 1980

Navahopus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint that was made by an indeterminate navahopodid sauropodomorph once thought to have been a prosauropod that was alive during the Early Jurassic in southwestern United States. Two ichnospecies are known: the type ichnospecies, N. falcipollex and a second species, N. coyoteensis. It is known from the Early Jurassic of Arizona, California and Utah.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Plateosauridae Family
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Navahopus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
4
Geological formations
Navajo Sandstone
3
Aztec Sandstone
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
3
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Navahopus coyoteensis 193 Ma
Navahopus falcipollex 193 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
D. Baird. 1980. A prosauropod dinosaur trackway from the Navajo Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) of Arizona. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert
Bibliography (4)
A. R. C. Milner, T. A. Birthisel, and J. I. Kirkland, BH Breithaupt, N. A. Matthews, M. G. Lockley, V. L. Santucci, S. Z. Gibson, D. D. DeBlieux, M. Hurlbut, J. D. Harris, P. E. Olsen. 2011. Tracking Early Jurassic dinosaurs across southwestern Utah and the Triassic-Jurassic transition. Field Trip Guide Book, 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2-5, 2011. Nevada State Museum Paleontological Papers 1:1-107
J. Milàn, D. B. Loope, and R. G. Bromley. 2008. Crouching theropod and Navahopus sauropodomorph tracks from the Early Jurassic Navaho Sandstone of USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):197-205 DOI ↗
R. E. Reynolds. 2006. Jurassic tracks in California. Making Tracks Across the Southwest: The 2006 Desert Symposium
D. Baird. 1980. A prosauropod dinosaur trackway from the Navajo Sandstone (Lower Jurassic) of Arizona. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert