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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