Genus
Ichnogenus Formal taxon Extinct

Dromaeosauriformipes

Kim et al. 2018

Dromaeosauriformipes is an ichnogenus of probable microraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of South Korea. The type and only ichnospecies is D. rarus, representing the smallest known didactyl (two-toed) tracks of a dromaeosaurid.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Dromaeosauriformipes
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A, Photograph of the D. rarus holotype; B, Diagram of the D. rarus holotype; C, Diagram of the D. rarus holotype (left) and paratype (right); D, Photograph of the seven individual tracks of the D. rarus holotype © The original author of this work is Kim et al. (2018). · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Microraptorinae Subfamily
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Dromaeosauriformipes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇰🇷 South Korea
1
Geological formations
Jinju
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Dromaeosauriformipes rarus 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. S. Kim, J. D. Lim, and M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, D. H. Kim, L. Piñuela, A. Romilio, J. S. Yoo, J. H. Kim, J. Ahn. 2018. Smallest known raptor tracks suggest microraptorine activity in lakeshore setting. Scientific Reports 8:16908:1-10 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K. S. Kim, J. D. Lim, and M. G. Lockley, L. Xing, D. H. Kim, L. Piñuela, A. Romilio, J. S. Yoo, J. H. Kim, J. Ahn. 2018. Smallest known raptor tracks suggest microraptorine activity in lakeshore setting. Scientific Reports 8:16908:1-10 DOI ↗