Haenamichnus
Haenamichnus | |
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The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis | |
Trace fossil classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Azhdarchidae |
Ichnofamily: | †Agadirichnidae |
Ichnogenus: | †Haenamichnus Hwang, Huh, Lockley, Unwin, & Wright, 2002 |
Type ichnospecies | |
†Haenamichnus uhangriensis |
Haenamichnus is an
pterosaurs. In 2002, paleontologists Koo-Geun Hwang, Min Huh, Martin Lockley, David Unwin and Joanna Wright named the type species Haenamichnus uhangriensis, based on fossil tracks they found in the Uhangri Formation of South Korea,[1] dating to 81 to 79 million years ago during the Campanian.[2] The largest track may have belonged to an individual reaching 10 m (33 ft) in wingspan, 3 m (9.8 ft) in height and 145 kg (320 lb) in body mass.[3][4] A second species, H. gainensis, was discovered from the Haman Formation, but is now considered a bipedal crocodylomorph track reassigned to as Batrachopus cf. grandis.[5]
See also
- Timeline of pterosaur research
- Ichnology
- Pterosaur ichnogenera
References