Satapliasaurus is an extinct genus of theropod dinosaur known from multiple well-preserved trackways. Satapliasarus is known from three ichnospecies: S. dsocenidzei, Satapliasaurus kandelakii (ichnospecies) and Satapliasaurus tschabukianii. The fossils and trackways have been found in Cretaceous sediments of Georgia and the Middle Jurassic of England.[1][2] The genus is named after the Sataplia Managed Reserve in Georgia.
Satapliasaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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Trace fossil classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Ichnogenus: | †Satapliasaurus Gabuniya, 1951 |
Type ichnospecies | |
†Satapliasaurus dsocenidzei Gabuniya, 1951
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Satapliasaurus dsocenidzei, the type species, was described based on an isolated, 25 centimeter long footprint preserving a hallux mark that was collected from the Cleveland Basin, the basin dating to the Middle Jurassic.[2]
References
edit- ^ Lockley, M., Hunt, A., Paquette, M., Bilbey, S. A., & Hamblin, A. (1998). Dinosaur tracks from the Carmel Formation, northeastern Utah: implications for Middle Jurassic paleoecology. Ichnos: An International Journal of Plant & Animal, 5(4), 255–267.
- ^ a b Romano, M., Clark, N. D., & Brusatte, S. L. (2018). A comparison of the dinosaur communities from the Middle Jurassic of the Cleveland (Yorkshire) and Hebrides (Skye) Basins, based on their ichnites. Geosciences, 8(9), 327.