Lamaichnum Aramayo and Manera de Bianco, 1987


JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): Megalamaichnum, Dizygopodium

DESCRIPTION: A rounded-rectangular artiodactyl track with two hooves in both the manus and pes. The medial hoof is digit III and the lateral hoof is digit IV. Hooves are either parallel or divergent at the anterior end. Most of the time, hooves are connected medially. Hooves are widest posteriorly and are round while the anterior end is pointed.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Continental; terrestrial

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Artiodactyla animals, particularly those in Camelidea.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: middle Miocene–recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Lucas and Hunt, 2007. Remeika, 2001; McNeil et al., 2007; Morgan and Williamson, 2007