Sarmientichnus

Dinosaur footprint

Sarmientichnus Temporal range: See text PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Sarmientichnus footprints from Argentina
Trace fossil classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Ichnogenus:	†Sarmientichnus Casamiquela, 1964

Sarmientichnus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint.

Fossil record

These footprints have been found in Callovian/Oxfordian eolian sandstones of Argentina (age range: from 164.7 to 155.7 million years ago).^[1] They have been identified as belonging to small ground dwelling carnivore dinosaurs, probably Coelurosaurs. The size of the largest footprint was 4.4 cm (0.14 ft) and was made by an individual that was 65 cm (2.1 ft) in length and 495 grams (1.1 lbs) in weight.^[2]

References

^ Paleobiology Database
^ Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Spain: Larousse. p. 28.

Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.