Roepichnus Doyle et al., 2000

JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): Avipeda thrinax, Avipeda gryponyx, Avidactyla panini, Avidactyla vialovi

DESCRIPTION: Anisodactyl track with the hallux (digit I) rarely preserved and the digits ending with claw impressions. The phalange joint nodes have prominent impressions. Digits II and IV curve forwards. Webbing impressions sometimes preserved.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Water-margin environments

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Shoreline birds, particularly the cormorants, ducks, geese, gulls and swans.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Miocene

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