Genre
Ichnogenre Taxon formel Éteint

Abelichnus

Calvo 1991

Abelichnus is an extinct ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint from the Candeleros Formation and the Rio Limay Formation. The type ichnospecies, Abelichnus astigerrae, was first discovered in Argentina in 1987 and was recorded as the biggest known dinosaur footprint ever discovered. Abelichnus probably grew to a size of 12.5-13 meters long.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
2
Groupe
Dinosaures
Carnivore Vivant au sol, solitaire Terrestre
Abelichnus
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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 Clade non classé
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Theropoda Clade non classé
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Neotheropoda Clade non classé
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Averostra Clade non classé
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Tetanurae Clade non classé
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Avetheropoda Ordre
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Carnosauria Infraordre
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Abelichnus Genre
Sites de découverte 2 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇦🇷 Argentine
2
Formations géologiques
Candeleros
2
Distribution temporelle
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Espèces (1)
Abelichnus astigarrae 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. O. Calvo. 1991. Huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano?), Picun Leufú, Provincia de Neuquén, Republica Argentina. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda) [Dinosaur footprints in the Río Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian?), Picun Leufú, Neuquén Province, Argentine Republic. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda)]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):241-258
Bibliographie (2)
J. O. Calvo and G. V. Mazzetta. 2002. Nuevos hallazgos de huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano), Picún Leufú, Argentina [New discoveries of dinosaur tracks in the Río Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian), Picún Leufú, Argentina]. 1° Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Chile. Resumenes
J. O. Calvo. 1991. Huellas de dinosaurios en la Formación Río Limay (Albiano-Cenomaniano?), Picun Leufú, Provincia de Neuquén, Republica Argentina. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda) [Dinosaur footprints in the Río Limay Formation (Albian-Cenomanian?), Picun Leufú, Neuquén Province, Argentine Republic. (Ornithischia-Saurischia: Sauropoda-Theropoda)]. Ameghiniana 28(3-4):241-258