Wintonopus

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Clade:Ornithischia
Wintonopus
Temporal range: Barremian-Cenomanian
~140–94 Ma
W. latomorum holotype cast in Natural History Museum, London
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Ichnogenus: Wintonopus
Thulborn & Wade 1984
Ichnospecies
  • Wintonopus latomorum Thulborn & Wade 1984
  • Wintonopus middletonae Salisbury et al. 2016

Wintonopus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. Its footprints have been found at Lark Quarry in Queensland Australia. The genus is named after the Winton Formation in which the tracks were found.[1] Other tracks were found in the Broome Sandstone of Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia.

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