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Irenichnites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	85216	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=85216

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Ornithomimipodidae : Irenichnites

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
family	Ornithomimipodidae	Lockley et al. 2011
genus	Irenichnites	Sternberg 1932

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Irenichnites	genus	belongs to Anomoepodidae	stated without evidence	Sternberg, 1932
Irenichnites	genus	belongs to Saurischia	stated without evidence	Kuhn, 1958
Irenichnites	genus	belongs to Theropoda	stated without evidence	Kuhn, 1963
Irenichnites	genus	belongs to Ornithomimipodidae	stated with evidence	Lockley et al., 2011
Irenichnites	genus	misspelling of Irenichnites	stated with evidence	Carrano, 2020

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

109 - 101 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)

C. M. Sternberg. 1932. Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68:59-85

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Irenichnites gracilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1932	Irenichnites Sternberg p. 67
1958	Irenichnites Kuhn p. 28
1963	Irenichnites Kuhn p. 107
1971	Ornithomimipus (Irenichnites) Haubold p. 75
1992	Irenesaurichnites Lockley p. 272
2011	Irenichnites Lockley et al. p. 326

References

Sternberg C. M. (1932) Dinosaur tracks from Peace River, British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 68, 59-85

Kuhn O. (1958) , Die Fährten der vorzeitlichen Amphibien und Reptilien [The Tracks of Prehistoric Amphibians and Reptiles], 1-64

Kuhn O. (1963) Pars 101. Ichnia Tetrapodorum, In F. Westphal (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus. I: Animalia. Ysel Press, Deventer, Netherlands, 1-176

Haubold H. (1971) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie [Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology]. Part 18. Ichnia Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Fossilium. Gistav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-124

Lockley M. G. (1992) Cretaceous dinosaur-dominated footprints assemblages: their stratigraphic and palaeoecological potential, Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology. China Ocean Press, Beijing, 269-282

Lockley M. G., Cart K., et al (2011) New theropod tracksites from the Upper Cretaceous "Mesaverde" Group, western Colorado: implications for ornithomimosaur track morphology, Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53, 321-329

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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