Genus
Ichnogenus Extinct

Dinehichnus

Lockley et al. 1998

Dinehichnus is an ichnogenus found in the Morrison Formation that is attributed to dryosaurid dinosaurs. The trackways are present in Saltwash Member outcrops at Boundary Butte in southernmost Utah. Dinehichnus trackways are frequently found in groups, traveling parallel to one another. From this it can be inferred that the Dinehichnus trackmaker was a social animal. Dinehichnus tracks preserve impressions of three widely splayed toes on feet that point inwardly, as well as heel marks.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
12
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Dinehichnus
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Lower Triassic fossil footprint (ichnite) of the ichnogenus Chirotherium, probably caused by an early archosaur, and first discovered 1833 in Hildburghausen (Thuringia, Germany). This specimen, however, ist from the Helsby Sandstone of the Storeton Quarry near Liverpool. Its species name is Chirotherium storetonense.[1] © Ballista · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Dryosauridae Family
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Dinehichnus Genus
Fossil sites 12 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
5
🇺🇸 United States
3
🇪🇸 Spain
2
🇨🇳 China
1
🇵🇱 Poland
1
Geological formations
Alcobaça
4
Morrison
3
Anning
1
Glowaczów
1
Freixial
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
9
Species (1)
Dinehichnus socialis 155 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, and C. A. Meyer, A. P. Hunt. 1998. A new dinosaur tracksite in the Morrison Formation, Boundary Butte, southeastern Utah. Modern Geology 23(1-4):317-330
Bibliography (9)
D. Castanera, B. Silva, and V. Santos, E. Malafaia, M. Belvedere. 2020. Tracking Late Jurassic ornithopods in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): ichnotaxonomic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(2):399-412 DOI ↗
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and A. Romilio. 2019. An unusual dinosaur track assemblage from the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary, Anning formation, Lufeng Basin, China. Historical Biology 33(4):514-526 DOI ↗
I. Díaz-Martínez. 2011. Generalidades sobre las icnitas ornitópodas de La Rioja (Cuenca de Cameros, España) [General information about ornithopod footprints from La Rioja (Cameros Basin, Spain)]. Zubía 29:61-84
J. R. Foster and M. G. Lockley. 2006. The vertebrate ichnological record of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, North America). Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:203-216
M. G. Lockley and J. R. Foster. 2006. Dinosaur and turtle tracks from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado National Monument, with observations on the taxonomy of vertebrate swim tracks. Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:193-198
G. Gierlinski, E. Gazdzicka, and G. Niedzwiedzki, G. Pienkowski. 2001. New ornithischian dinosaur footprints in the Jurassic of Poland. Geological Quarterly 45(2):205-210
M. G. Lockley and C. A. Meyer. 2000. Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe. Columbia University Press, New York DOI ↗
V. F. dos Santos. 1998. Dinosaur tracksites in Portugal: the Jurassic-Cretaceous record. I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa
M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, and C. A. Meyer, A. P. Hunt. 1998. A new dinosaur tracksite in the Morrison Formation, Boundary Butte, southeastern Utah. Modern Geology 23(1-4):317-330