Charadriipeda Panin and Avram, 1962


JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Anisodactyl tracks with the hallux (digit I) being short and spur-like (it can also not be imprinted at times). Digit III is more than 25% longer than digits II and IV. Angle of divarication between digits II to IV is about 140 degrees. Webbing unites digits II and IV almost all the way to the claws, webbing sometimes unites the hallux with the rest of the digits. Claw impressions are present.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Water-margin environments

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Shoreline bird, possibly an avocet-like bird.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Miocene

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