Paravipus Mudroch et al., 2011

JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Digitigrade, medium sized didactyl pes impressions. Digits III and IV are slender and are subparallel to each other. Digits have a slight laterally convex curvature. Digit III is slightly wider and longer than digit IV. Divarication angle ranges from 5 to 15 degrees. Sharp claw impressions visible at the end of digits. Metapodium/metatarsus and digital nodes are lacking. Occasionally, the posterior/caudal end of digit III are slightly ahead of the small round or oval pad impression of digit II.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Continental; terrestrial

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Possibly a medium sized Deinonychosauria, however, there are no known southern Gondwanan member of the paravian clade of deinonychosaur discovered in the fossil record yet.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: ?Middle Jurassic

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REMARKS: Paravipus has the same description as Paravipus didactyloides.

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