Aviadactyla Kordos, 1985


JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): Carpathipeda

DESCRIPTION: A small to medium-sized incumbent anisodactyl track (digits II–IV). Digits can be slender and they taper distally. Distinct, slender claw impressions can be present but usually without. Digital pads are only lightly impressed if that. Digit III is less than 25% longer than digits II and IV. Angle of divarication between digits II–IV is greater than 95 degrees. Digits converge proximally but usually do not connect. Metatarsal pad or webbing between digits is absent.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Water-margin environments

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Shore-line birds

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Eocene to Miocene

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Sarjeant and Reynolds, 2001