Deltapodus
Dinosaur footprint
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deltapodus is an ichnogenus of stegosaurian dinosaur footprint. Three ichnospecies have been described in the genus: Deltapodus brodricki from England and the United States, Deltapodus ibericus from Spain and Portugal, and Deltapodus curriei from China. Other tracks referable to the genus but not assignable to a species are also known.
.png)
| Deltapodus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| |
| Holotype trackway of D. ibiricus including hand and footprints | |
Trace fossil classification  | |
| Ichnogenus: | †Deltapodus Whyte & Romano, 1994 |
| Type ichnospecies | |
| †Deltapodus brodricki Whyte & Romano, 1994 | |
| Other species | |
The type species, D. brodricki, is known from the Saltwick Formation of England and the Morrison Formation of the United States.[3][4] D. curriei is known from the Tugulu Group of China, and may represent the tracks of the stegosaur genus Wuerhosaurus.[5] D. ibericus is known from the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.[6][7] Tracks of indeterminate Deltapodus species are known from the Lameta Formation of India and the Iouaridène Formation of Morocco.[8][9]
