Haenamichnus

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Haenamichnus
Temporal range:
Ma
The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis
Trace fossil classification Edit this 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]

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