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Aquatilavipes izumiensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4966818	https://www.gbif.org/species/4966818
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	142961	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=142961

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Avipedidae : Aquatilavipes : Aquatilavipes izumiensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Avipedidae : Aquatilavipes : Aquatilavipes izumiensis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
family	Avipedidae	Sarjeant and Langston 1994
genus	Aquatilavipes	Currie 1981
species	Aquatilavipes izumiensis	Azuma et al. 2002

Generic Name

Aquatilavipes

Scientific Name

Aquatilavipes izumiensis Azuma et al., 2002

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aquatilavipes izumiensis	species	belongs to Aquatilavipes	stated with evidence	Azuma et al., 2002
Aquatilavipes izumiensis	species	belongs to Aquatilavipes	stated without evidence	Fujita, 2008
Aquatilavipes izumiensis	species	belongs to Aquatilavipes	stated with evidence	Buckley et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Coelurosauria)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

Y. Azuma, Y. Arakawa, and Y. Tomida, P. J. Currie. 2002. Early Cretaceous bird tracks from the Tetori Group, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1:1-6

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Aquatilavipes izumiensis Azuma et al. pp. 1-2 figs. 3-4
2008	Aquatilavipes izumiensis Fujita p. 33
2011	Aquatilavipes izumiensis Xing et al. p. 312
2016	Aquatilavipes izumiensis Buckley et al. p. 261

References

Azuma Y., Arakawa Y., et al (2002) Early Cretaceous bird tracks from the Tetori Group, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 1, 1-6

Xing L.-D., Harris J. D., et al (2011) Early Cretaceous bird-dominated and dinosaur footprint assemblages from the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, Palaeoworld 20, 308-321 doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2011.01.001

Buckley L. G., McCrea R. T., et al (2016) Analyzing and resolving Cretaceous avian ichnotaxonomy using multivariate statistical analyses: approaches and results, Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps, 258-308

Y. Azuma, Y. Arakawa, Y. Tomida, P. J. Currie (2002) Early Cretaceous bird tracks from the Tetori Group, Fukui Prefecture, Japan: Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum: 1--6 - via Catalogue of Life

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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