Albertasuchipes McCrea et al., 2004

JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Trackway of a quadrupedal animal with a digitigrade, tridactyl manus and a semidigitigrade, tridactyl pedes. The manus is roughly 1/3 the length of the pes. Digits I and III of the manus are the longest with digit IV being the smallest at less than half the length. The manus impressions terminate in robust claw prints that are dull to tapering. The pes impressions are immediately posterior to the manus. Digit III of the manus is the longest digit. The pedes also terminate in robust claw marks that are dull.

BEHAVIOR(S): Repichnia (swimming)

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Aquatic continental

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Crocodilians

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Paleocene

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REMARKS: within ichnofamily Batrachopodidae Lull, 1904

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