Brontopodus
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| Brontopodus | |
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| Brontopodus birdi | |
Trace fossil classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Ichnogenus: | †Brontopodus Farlow, Pillman & Hawthorne, 1989 |
Brontopodus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint by sauropod trackmaker. This ichnogenus is mainly characterized by a wide-gauge trackway, which is distinguishable from narrow-gauge sauropod tracks like Breviparopus or Parabrontopodus.[1] Sauropods with broad bodies, such as titanosaurs, are thought to be their trackmakers.[2]
