Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Yangtzepus

Young 1960

Yangtzepus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Yangtzepus
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Yangtzepus yipingensis holotype (IVPP V2473) at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Yangtzepus
Yangtzepus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Yangtzepus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
2
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Broome Sandstone
2
Jiaguan
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Hauterivian (132.6–125.77 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Yangtzepus clarkei 137 Ma
Yangtzepus yipingensis 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Young. 1960. Fossil footprints from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):53-66
Bibliography (2)
S. W. Salisbury, A. Romilio, and M. C. Herne, R. T. Tucker, J. P. Nair. 2016. The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6, suppl.):1-152 DOI ↗
C.-C. Young. 1960. Fossil footprints from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4(2):53-66