Avipeda

{{Short description|Trace fossil}}

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|taxon = Avipeda

|authority = (Vialov, 1965)

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Avipeda is a Mesozoic to Cenozoic bird track ichnogenus.{{cite journal |last1=Mustoe |first1=G.E. |year=2002 |title=Eocene bird, reptile, and mammal tracks from the Chuckanut Formation, northwest Washington |journal=PALAIOS |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=403–413 |doi=10.1669/0883-1351(2002)017<0403:EBRAMT>2.0.CO;2|bibcode=2002Palai..17..403M |s2cid=128743331 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14142/files/PAL_E1309.pdf }} The morphogenus is defined by having three forward facing toes without inter-digit webbing. Additionally the angles between the forward toes does not exceed 95°, while the digits are all of similar length. Avipeda is similar to the ichnogenus Aquatilavipes, but has shorter and thicker toe prints.{{cite book |last1=McCrea |first1=R. T. |last2=Sarjeant |first2=W.A.S. |year=2001 |chapter=New ichnotaxa of bird and mammal footprints from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Gates Formation of Alberta |page=460 |editor-last1=Tanke |editor-first1=D.H. |editor-last2=Carpenter |editor-first2=K. |title=Mesozoic Vertebrate Life |publisher=Indiana University Press |location=Bloomington and Indianapolis}}