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]
| Brontopodus | |
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| Brontopodus birdi | |
Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Ichnogenus: | †Brontopodus Farlow, Pillman & Hawthorne, 1989 |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Lockley, Martin G.; Farlow, James O.; Meyer, Christian A. (1994). "Brontopodus and Parabrontopodus ichnogen. nov. and the significance of wide-and narrow-gauge sauropod trackways". Gaia. 10: 135–145.
- ^ Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Carrano, Matthew T. (1999). "Titanosaurs and the origin of "wide-gauge" trackways: a biomechanical and systematic perspective on sauropod locomotion". Paleobiology. 25 (2): 252–267. doi:10.1017/S0094837300026543.
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