Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Wakinyantanka

Lockley et al. 2014

Wakinyantanka is an ichnogenus of footprint produced by a large theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Wakinyantanka tracks are large with three long, slender toes with occasional impressions of a short hallux and narrow metatarsals. Wakinyantanka was the first dinosaur track to be discovered in the Hell Creek Formation, which remain rare in the preservational conditions of the rocks. The potential trackmakers may be a large oviraptorosaur or a small tyrannosaurid.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Wakinyantanka Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Wakinyantanka styxi 72 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. G. Lockley, M. Triebold, and P. R. Janke. 2014. Dinosaur tracks from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), South Dakota. Fossil Footprints of Western North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 62:459-468
Bibliography (1)
M. G. Lockley, M. Triebold, and P. R. Janke. 2014. Dinosaur tracks from the Hell Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), South Dakota. Fossil Footprints of Western North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 62:459-468