Ornithotarnocia (Sarjeant and Reynolds, 2001) Kordos, 1985
JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A
DESCRIPTION: Moderate to large sized incumbent anisodactyl tracks. Digits are large, indistinct, and taper to an end without claw impressions. Digit III is the longest digit, it is more than 25 percent longer than digits II and IV. Angle of divarication exceeds 95 degrees. Digits are proximally united but there is not distinct metatarsal pad.
BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Water-margin environments
POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Shoreline birds, similar to the grebe (Podicipediformes), a diving bird.
GEOLOGIC RANGE: Miocene
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