Hippipeda Vialov, 1966


JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Tracks of a large, single digit Track is hemispherical to hemiellipsoidal in outline and can have a frog. Narrow trackway with a long stride and pace.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Continental; terrestrial

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Perissodactyla animals, particularly those belonging to Equid animals.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Miocene-recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Sarjeant and Reynolds, 1999. Remeika, 1999; Remeika, 2001; McNeil et al., 2007; Morgan and Williamson, 2007

REMARKS: The large, central digit is in the form of a hoof. Track can have the two lateral digits (II and IV) be impressed during a fast gait but most of the time it will only be the much larger central impression of digit III.

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